Role of JAK2 in the pathogenesis and therapy of myeloproliferative disorders

RL Levine, A Pardanani, A Tefferi, DG Gilliland - Nature reviews cancer, 2007 - nature.com
The myeloproliferative disorders polycythaemia vera (PV), essential thombocythaemia (ET),
and primary myelofibrosis (PMF) are clonal disorders of multipotent haematopoietic …

Primary myelofibrosis (PMF), post polycythemia vera myelofibrosis (post-PV MF), post essential thrombocythemia myelofibrosis (post-ET MF), blast phase PMF (PMF …

RA Mesa, S Verstovsek, F Cervantes, G Barosi… - Leukemia research, 2007 - Elsevier
The International Working Group for Myelofibrosis Research and Treatment (IWG-MRT) is
comprised of hematologists, hematopathologists, and laboratory scientists and its main goal …

JAK2 Exon 12 Mutations in Polycythemia Vera and Idiopathic Erythrocytosis

LM Scott, W Tong, RL Levine, MA Scott… - … England Journal of …, 2007 - Mass Medical Soc
Background The V617F mutation, which causes the substitution of phenylalanine for valine
at position 617 of the Janus kinase (JAK) 2 gene (JAK2), is often present in patients with …

Proposals and rationale for revision of the World Health Organization diagnostic criteria for polycythemia vera, essential thrombocythemia, and primary myelofibrosis …

A Tefferi, J Thiele, A Orazi… - Blood, The Journal …, 2007 - ashpublications.org
The Janus kinase 2 mutation, JAK2 617V> F, is myeloid neoplasm-specific; its presence
excludes secondary polycythemia, thrombocytosis, or bone marrow fibrosis from other …

Prevalence and clinicopathologic correlates of JAK2 exon 12 mutations in JAK2V617F-negative polycythemia vera

A Pardanani, TL Lasho, C Finke, CA Hanson, A Tefferi - Leukemia, 2007 - nature.com
After accounting for misdiagnosis and treatment effect, allele-specific (AS)-PCR detects the
JAK2V617F mutation in> 95% of polycythemia vera (PV) patients. Using database inquiry …

Thrombosis in myeloproliferative disorders: prevalence, prognostic factors, and the role of leukocytes and JAK2V617F

A Tefferi, M Elliott - Seminars in thrombosis and hemostasis, 2007 - thieme-connect.com
An underlying myeloproliferative disorder (MPD), especially polycythemia vera (PV) or
essential thrombocythemia (ET), is a risk factor for thrombosis. Considering large selected …

Pivotal contributions of megakaryocytes to the biology of idiopathic myelofibrosis

SO Ciurea, D Merchant, N Mahmud… - Blood, The Journal …, 2007 - ashpublications.org
In order to investigate the biologic processes underlying and resulting from the
megakaryocytic hyperplasia that characterizes idiopathic myelofibrosis (IMF), peripheral …

TG101209, a small molecule JAK2-selective kinase inhibitor potently inhibits myeloproliferative disorder-associated JAK2V617F and MPLW515L/K mutations

A Pardanani, J Hood, T Lasho, RL Levine, MB Martin… - Leukemia, 2007 - nature.com
Abstract JAK2V617F and MPLW515L/K represent recently identified mutations in
myeloproliferative disorders (MPD) that cause dysregulated JAK-STAT signaling, which is …

Anaemia characterises patients with myelofibrosis harbouring MplW515L/K mutation

P Guglielmelli, A Pancrazzi… - British journal of …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
The clinical and haematological phenotype of patients with myelofibrosis harbouring
MPLW515L/K mutation has not been thoroughly investigated. Of 217 myelofibrosis subjects …

Oncogenes in myeloproliferative disorders

A Tefferi, DG Gilliland - Cell cycle, 2007 - Taylor & Francis
Myeloproliferative disorders (MPDs) constitute a group of hematopoietic malignancies that
feature enhanced proliferation and survival of one or more myeloid lineage cells. William …