Abstract
While a majority of patients with refractory anemia with ring sideroblasts and thrombocytosis harbor JAK2V617F and rarely MPLW515L, JAK2/MPL-negative cases constitute a diagnostic problem. 23 RARS-T cases were investigated applying immunohistochemical phospho-STAT5, sequencing and SNP-A-based karyotyping. Based on the association of TET2/. ASXL1 mutations with MDS/MPN we studied molecular pattern of these genes. Two patients harbored ASXL1 and another 2 TET2 mutations. Phospho-STAT5 activation was present in one mutated TET2 and ASXL1 case. JAK2V617F/MPLW515L mutations were absent in TET2/. ASXL1 mutants, indicating that similar clinical phenotype can be produced by various MPN-associated mutations and that additional unifying lesions may be present in RARS-T.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 969-973 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Journal | Leukemia research |
Volume | 34 |
Issue number | 8 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Aug 2010 |
Externally published | Yes |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:This work was supported by NIH R01 HL082983 (JPM), U54 RR019391 (JPM), K24 HL077522 (JPM), Award from AA & MDS International Foundation and a charitable donation from the Robert Duggan Cancer Research Fund.
Keywords
- ASXL1
- JAK2 V617F
- MPL W515L
- RARS-T
- STAT5
- TET2