Hypothesis: How do JAK2-inhibitors work in myelofibrosis
β Scribed by Ruben Mesa; Robert Peter Gale
- Book ID
- 104041064
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 205 KB
- Volume
- 33
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0145-2126
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β¦ Synopsis
JAK2-inhibitors rapidly reduce spleen enlargement and clinical symptoms in persons with myelofibrosis but have little, if any, effect on the WBC, anemia, decreased platelets or bone marrow fibrosis. Also, JAK2-inhibitors are active in persons with and without the JAK2-mutation. Based on these and other data we suggest that the predominant effect of JAK2-inhibitors in persons with myelofibrosis is on normal rather than the abnormal clones.
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