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Thrombopoietin is required for full phenotype expression in a JAK2V617F transgenic mouse model of polycythemia vera.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2020
Spivak Jerry L, Merchant Akil, Williams Donna M, Rogers Ophelia, Zhao Wanke, Duffield Amy, Resar Linda S, Moliterno Alison R, Zhao Zhizhuang J
Abstract excerpt
The myeloproliferative neoplasms, polycythemia vera, essential thrombocytosis and primary myelofibrosis are hematopoietic stem cell disorders and share driver mutations that either directly activate the thrombopoietin receptor, MPL, or activate it indirectly through gain-of-function mutations in the gene for JAK2, its cognate tyrosine kinase. Paradoxically, MPL surface expression in hematopoietic stem cells is...
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