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Determining the role of inflammation in the selection of JAK2 mutant cells in myeloproliferative neoplasms.
Journal of theoretical biology - 21 Jul 2017
Zhang Jie, Fleischman Angela G, Wodarz Dominik, Komarova Natalia L
Abstract excerpt
Myeloproliferative neoplasm (MPN) is a hematologic malignancy characterized by the clonal outgrowth of hematopoietic cells with a somatically acquired mutation most commonly in JAK2 (JAK2V617F). This mutation endows upon myeloid progenitors cytokine independent growth and consequently leads to excessive production of myeloid lineage cells. It has been previously suggested that inflammation may play a role in the...
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