Myeloproliferative neoplasms: molecular pathophysiology, essential clinical understanding, and treatment strategies

A Tefferi, W Vainchenker - Journal of clinical oncology, 2011 - ascopubs.org
To update oncologists on pathogenesis, contemporary diagnosis, risk stratification, and
treatment strategies in BCR-ABL1–negative myeloproliferative neoplasms, including …

Janus kinase inhibitors for the treatment of myeloproliferative neoplasias and beyond

A Quintás-Cardama, H Kantarjian, J Cortes… - Nature reviews Drug …, 2011 - nature.com
Recent advances in our understanding of the pathogenesis of the Philadelphia chromosome-
negative myeloproliferative neoplasms, polycythaemia vera, essential thrombocythaemia …

Safety and efficacy of TG101348, a selective JAK2 inhibitor, in myelofibrosis

A Pardanani, JR Gotlib, C Jamieson… - Journal of Clinical …, 2011 - ascopubs.org
Purpose Myelofibrosis is a myeloid malignancy associated with anemia, splenomegaly, and
constitutional symptoms. Patients frequently harbor JAK-STAT activating mutations that are …

Thrombopoietin and hematopoietic stem cells

CA de Graaf, D Metcalf - Cell cycle, 2011 - Taylor & Francis
Thrombopoietin (TPO) is the cytokine that is chiefly responsible for megakaryocyte
production but increasingly attention has turned to its role in maintaining hematopoietic stem …

Genome integrity of myeloproliferative neoplasms in chronic phase and during disease progression

T Klampfl, A Harutyunyan, T Berg… - Blood, The Journal …, 2011 - ashpublications.org
Philadelphia chromosome–negative myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPNs) are clonal
myeloid disorders with increased production of terminally differentiated cells. The disease …

Thrombocytosis: diagnostic evaluation, thrombotic risk stratification, and risk‐based management strategies

JS Bleeker, WJ Hogan - Thrombosis, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Thrombocytosis is a commonly encountered clinical scenario, with a large proportion of
cases discovered incidentally. The differential diagnosis for thrombocytosis is broad and the …

JAK2 allele burden in the myeloproliferative neoplasms: effects on phenotype, prognosis and change with treatment

AM Vannucchi, L Pieri… - Therapeutic advances in …, 2011 - journals.sagepub.com
The field of Philadelphia-chromosome-negative chronic myeloproliferative neoplasms
(MPNs) has recently witnessed tremendous advances in the basic knowledge of disease …

JAK inhibitor therapy for myelofibrosis: critical assessment of value and limitations

A Pardanani, AM Vannucchi, F Passamonti… - Leukemia, 2011 - nature.com
The discovery of JAK2V617F has rejuvenated interest in Janus kinase (JAK)-signal
transducer and activator of transcription (STAT), both as an oncogenic pathway and a drug …

Orientation‐specific signalling by thrombopoietin receptor dimers

J Staerk, JP Defour, C Pecquet, E Leroy… - The EMBO …, 2011 - embopress.org
Ligand binding to the thrombopoietin receptor is thought to stabilize an active receptor dimer
that regulates megakaryocyte differentiation and platelet formation, as well as …

Role of the growth hormone–IGF-1 axis in cancer

Y Chhabra, MJ Waters, AJ Brooks - Expert review of endocrinology …, 2011 - Taylor & Francis
A substantial body of evidence supports a role for the growth hormone (GH)–IGF-1 axis in
cancer incidence and progression. This includes epidemiological evidence relating elevated …