Telomerase inhibitor shows promise in myeloproliferative disorders

Oncogenes in myeloproliferative disorders.

Myeloproliferative disorders (MPDs) constitute a group of hematopoietic malignancies that feature enhanced proliferation and survival of one or more myeloid lineage cells. William Dameshek is credited for introducing the term "MPDs" in 1951 when he used it to group chronic myeloid leukemia (CML), polycythemia vera (PV), essential thrombocythemia (ET) and primary myelofibrosis (PMF) under one cl...

Myeloproliferative disorders and its associated mutations

Myeloproliferative Neoplasm (MPN) are a clonal disorder in hematopoietic stem cells (HSC). MPN is categorized to 8 subclasses, including chronic myeloid leukemia (CML), polycythemia vera (PV), essential thrombocytopenia (ET), primary myelofibrosis (PMF), systematic mastositosis (SM), chronic eosinophilic leukemia (CEL), chronic neutrophilic leukemia (CNL), and unclassified myelofibrosis disorde...

Chronic Myeloproliferative Disorders

JAK2, an acquired mutation of JAK2, is present in a majority of patients with polycythemia vera and to a lesser extent among patients with the other myeloproliferative disorders. We analyzed the effect of JAK2 on the expression of polycythemia rubra vera 1(PRV-1), using an in vitro model. Compared to wild-type JAK2, the presence of JAK2 increased both PRV-1 protein and mRNA levels in murine mye...

Eosinophilic myeloproliferative disorders.

Despite recent attempts to define and classify patients with marked eosinophilia and features consistent with myeloproliferative disease, areas of controversy remain. These are particularly apparent in situations in which multiple lineages are involved in a clonal process and clinical manifestations are overlapping. Although the introduction of new molecular diagnostics and targeted therapies h...

Myelodysplastic/myeloproliferative disorders.