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Myeloproliferative neoplasms can be initiated from a single hematopoietic stem cell expressing JAK2-V617F.
The Journal of experimental medicine - 20 Oct 2014
Lundberg Pontus, Takizawa Hitoshi, Kubovcakova Lucia, Guo Guoji, Hao-Shen Hui, Dirnhofer Stephan, Orkin Stuart H, Manz Markus G, Skoda Radek C
Abstract excerpt
The majority of patients with myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPNs) carry a somatic JAK2-V617F mutation. Because additional mutations can precede JAK2-V617F, it is questioned whether JAK2-V617F alone can initiate MPN. Several mouse models have demonstrated that JAK2-V617F can cause MPN; however, in...
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