SOHO state-of-the-art update and next questions: MPN

The discovery of the activating JAK2V617F mutation in 2005 in the majority of patients with the classic Philadelphia chromosome-negative myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPN) spurred intense interest in research into these disorders, culminating in the identification of activating mutations in MPL in 2006 and indels in CALR in 2013, thus providing additional mechanistic explanations for the universal activation of Janus kinase-signal transducer and activator of transcription (JAK-STAT) observed in these conditions, and the success of the JAK1/2 inhibitor ruxolitinib, which first received regulatory approval in 2011.
Source: Clinical Lymphoma, Myeloma and Leukemia - Category: Hematology Authors: Tags: Review Article Source Type: research