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The C allele of JAK2 rs4495487 is an additional candidate locus that contributes to myeloproliferative neoplasm predisposition in the Japanese population.
BMC medical genetics - 17 Jan 2012
Ohyashiki Junko H, Yoneta Masayuki, Hisatomi Hisashi, Iwabuchi Tamiko, Umezu Tomohiro, Ohyashiki Kazuma
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Polycythemia vera (PV), essential thrombocythemia (ET), and primary myelofibrosis (PMF) are myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPNs) characterized in most cases by a unique somatic mutation, JAK2 V617F. Recent studies revealed that JAK2 V617F occurs more frequently in a specific JAK2 haplotype, named JAK2 46/1 or GGCC haplotype, which is tagged by rs10974944 (C/G) and/or rs12343867 (T/C). This study...
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