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Convergent mechanisms of somatic mutations in polycythemia vera.
Discovery medicine - 1 Jul 2011
Wang Kai, Swierczek Sabina, Hickman Kimberly, Hakonarson Hakon, Prchal Josef T
Abstract excerpt
Polycythemia vera (PV) is an acquired blood disorder, with variable increase of clonal myeloid cells (erythrocytes, granulocytes and platelets) and mostly normal polyclonal T lymphocytes. Most patients have a somatic V617F gain-of-function mutation in JAK2 associated with acquired uniparental disomy (UPD) on chromosome 9p. Yet, the JAK2 V617F mutation is not a PV-initiating event and the family clustering of PV...
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