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JAK and MPL mutations in myeloid malignancies.
Leukemia & lymphoma - 1 Mar 2008
Tefferi Ayalew
Abstract excerpt
The Janus family of non-receptor tyrosine kinases (JAK1, JAK2, JAK3 and tyrosine kinase 2) transduces signals downstream of type I and II cytokine receptors via signal transducers and activators of transcription (STATs). JAK3 is important in lymphoid and JAK2 in myeloid cell proliferation and differentiation. The thrombopoietin receptor MPL is one of several JAK2 cognate receptors and is essential for...
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