Relevance to practice: Identification of the Val617Phe JAK2 mutation lays the foundation for new approaches to the diagnosis, classification, and treatment
of myeloproliferative disorders.
There are a number of different types
of myeloproliferative disorders.
Not exact matches
«We think this study now provides a comprehensive model
of how thrombopoietin controls platelet production, and perhaps gives some insight into the biology and mechanism behind specific
myeloproliferative disorders,» Dr Ng said.
«Microenvironment
of hematopoietic stem cells can be a target for
myeloproliferative disorders.»
The team has shown that the microenvironment that controls hematopoietic stem cells can be targeted for the treatment
of a set
of disorders called
myeloproliferative neoplasias, the most prominent
of which are chronic myelomonocytic leukemia (CMML), juvenile myelomonocytic leukemia (JMML), and atypical chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML).
Title: Atopic dermatitis - like disease and associated lethal
myeloproliferative disorder arise from loss
of notch signaling in the murine skin Authors: Dumortier A, Durham AD, Di Piazza M, Vauclair S, Koch U, Ferrand G, Ferrero I, Demehri S, Song LL, FarrAG, Leonard WJ, Kopan R, Miele L, Hohl D, Finke D, Radtke F Date: February 2010 Publication Details: PLoS One.
We investigated the role
of the cytoplasmic tyrosine kinase JAK2 in patients with a
myeloproliferative disorder.
Background: Human
myeloproliferative disorders form a range
of clonal haematological malignant diseases, the main members
of which are polycythaemia vera, essential thrombocythaemia, and idiopathic myelofibrosis.
Interpretation: A single acquired mutation
of JAK2 was noted in more than half
of patients with a
myeloproliferative disorder.
4/7/2008 From Bench to Bedside in One Year: Stem Cell Research Leads to Potential New Therapy for Rare Blood
Disorder A unique partnership between industry and academia has led to human clinical trials
of a new drug for a rare class
of blood diseases called
myeloproliferative disorders (MPD), which are all driven by the same genetic mutation and can evolve into leuk... More...
The Johns Hopkins Center for the Chronic
Myeloproliferative Disorders coordinates the care
of patients with PV and other related
disorders and conducts research in these areas.
Myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPNs) are blood
disorders in which the bone marrow makes too many
of one or more types
of blood cells — white blood cells, red blood cells or platelets.
Myeloproliferative neoplasms are a group
of rare
disorders of the bone marrow that cause an increase in the number
of blood cells.
Myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPNs) are a group
of related clonal hemopoietic stem cell
disorders associated with hyperproliferation
of myeloid cells.