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JAK inhibitors in myeloproliferative neoplasms: rationale, current data and perspective.
Blood reviews - 1 Sept 2011
Tefferi A, Pardanani A
Abstract excerpt
JAK-STAT is an appealing but also problematic drug target in BCR-ABL1-negative myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPN) - it is appealing because the majority of patients with MPN harbor gain-of-function JAK2 or MPL mutations - it is problematic because currently available JAK inhibitors do not distinguish between oncogenic and physiologic JAK-STAT activation. Furthermore, JAK-STAT-relevant mutations in MPN do not...
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