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JAK2V617F-negative ET patients do not display constitutively active JAK/STAT signaling.
Experimental hematology - 1 Nov 2007
Schwemmers Sven, Will Britta, Waller Cornelius F, Abdulkarim Khadija, Johansson Peter, Andreasson Björn, Pahl Heike L
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: Presence of the JAK2V617F mutation in only 40% to 60% of patients with essential thrombocythemia (ET) underscores the heterogeneity of this myeloproliferative disorder (MPD). Several distinct mutations, either in JAK2 (exon 12) or in c-Mpl (W515L) have been described in subsets of other MPDs, polycythemia vera, and idiopathic myelofibrosis. Analogous to JAK2,V617F these mutations cause constitutive...
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