Abstrakt
The chaperone and calcium storing protein calreticulin is coded by CALR, and newly identified mutations in CALR are found in respectively 49-70% and 56-88% of JAK2- and MPL-negative patients with essential thrombocytaemia (ET) and primary myelofibrosis (PMF). A total of 41 mutations have been identified, all located to exon 9 which codes the protein's C-terminal. CALR mutations are present only in myeloid malignancies and confer a more indolent disease than JAK2-mutated ET and PMF. CALR mutations as a diagnostic and prognostic tool are promising and the mutations are potential targets for immune therapy.
Bidragets oversatte titel | New disease markers within the chronic myeloproliferative neoplasms |
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Originalsprog | Dansk |
Tidsskrift | Ugeskrift for Laeger |
Vol/bind | 177 |
Udgave nummer | 19 |
ISSN | 0041-5782 |
Status | Udgivet - 4 maj 2015 |
Emneord
- Calreticulin/genetics
- Humans
- Mutation
- Myeloproliferative Disorders/diagnosis
- Polycythemia Vera/genetics
- Primary Myelofibrosis/genetics
- Receptors, Thrombopoietin/genetics
- Thrombocytosis/genetics