Annotation Detail
Information
- Associated Genes
- JAK2
- Associated Variants
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JAK2 MUTATION
JAK2 MUTATION
JAK2 p.Val617Ile (p.V617I) ( ENST00000381652.4 )
JAK2 p.Val617Phe (p.V617F) ( ENST00000381652.4 )
JAK2 p.Val617Ile (p.V617I) ( ENST00000381652.4 )
JAK2 p.Val617Phe (p.V617F) ( ENST00000381652.4 ) - Associated Disease
- Myeloproliferative disease
- Source Database
- DisGeNET
- Description
- The discovery that many patients with polycythemia vera, essential thrombocythemia, and primary myelofibrosis express a mutation in the Janus Kinase 2 gene (JAK2 V617F), a kinase essential for the normal development of erythrocytes, granulocytes, and platelets, provided a molecular explanation for the unregulated hematopoiesis typical of these disorders, a diagnostic test that distinguishes them from other types of myeloproliferative disorders, and an opportunity to develop targeted therapy that could potentially avoid the toxicities associated with the conventional chemotherapeutic agents currently employed in their treatment.
- Pubmed
- 19521323
- Original source reporting the Gene Disease association
- BeFree
- DisGENET score for the Gene Disease association
- 0.3516606542292
- Year of publication
- 2009
Drugs