JAK2 Inhibition: Reviewing a New Therapeutical Option in Myeloproliferative Neoplasms

JAK2 is a tyrosine kinase gene that plays an essential role in the development of normal haematopoiesis. Hyperactivation of JAK2 occurs in myeloproliferative neoplasms by different mechanisms. As a consequence, JAK2 inhibitors have been designed to suppress the cytokine signalling cascade caused by...

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Main Authors: Mar Bellido, Peter A. W. te Boekhorst
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2012-01-01
Series:Advances in Hematology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/535709