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A novel zebrafish jak2a(V581F) model shared features of human JAK2(V617F) polycythemia vera.
Experimental hematology - 1 Dec 2009
Ma Alvin C H, Fan August, Ward Alister C, Liongue Clifford, Lewis Rowena S, Cheng Suk H, Chan P K, Yip Sze-Fai, Liang Raymond, Leung Anskar Y H
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OBJECTIVE: The Janus kinase 2 (JAK2) is important for embryonic primitive hematopoiesis. A gain-of-function JAK2 (JAK2(V617F)) mutation in human is pathogenetically linked to polycythemia vera (PV). In this study, we generated a zebrafish ortholog of human JAK2(V617F) (referred herewith jak2a(V581F)) by site-directed mutagenesis and examined its relevance as a model of human PV. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Zebrafish...
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