TY - JOUR
T1 - JAK2 or CALR mutation status defines subtypes of essential thrombocythemia with substantially different clinical course and outcomes
AU - Rumi, Elisa
AU - Pietra, Daniela
AU - Ferretti, Virginia
AU - Klampfl, Thorsten
AU - Harutyunyan, Ashot S.
AU - Milosevic, Jelena D.
AU - Them, Nicole C C
AU - Berg, Tiina
AU - Elena, Chiara
AU - Casetti, Ilaria C.
AU - Milanesi, Chiara
AU - Sant'Antonio, Emanuela
AU - Bellini, Marta
AU - Fugazza, Elena
AU - Renna, Maria C.
AU - Boveri, Emanuela
AU - Astori, Cesare
AU - Pascutto, Cristiana
AU - Kralovics, Robert
AU - Cazzola, Mario
PY - 2014/3/6
Y1 - 2014/3/6
N2 - Patients with essential thrombocythemia may carry JAK2 (V617F), an MPL substitution, or a calreticulin gene (CALR) mutation. We studied biologic and clinical features of essential thrombocythemia according to JAK2 or CALR mutation status and in relation to those of polycythemia vera. The mutant allele burden was lower in JAK2-mutated than in CALR-mutated essential thrombocythemia. Patients with JAK2 (V617F) were older, had a higher hemoglobin level and white blood cell count, and lower platelet count and serum erythropoietin than those with CALR mutation. Hematologic parameters of patients with JAK2-mutated essential thrombocythemia or polycythemia vera were related to the mutant allele burden. While no polycythemic transformation was observed in CALR-mutated patients, the cumulative risk was 29% at 15 years in those with JAK2-mutated essential thrombocythemia. There was no significant difference in myelofibrotic transformation between the 2 subtypes of essential thrombocythemia. Patients with JAK2-mutated essential thrombocythemia and those with polycythemia vera had a similar risk of thrombosis, which was twice that of patients with the CALR mutation. These observations are consistent with the notion that JAK2-mutated essential thrombocythemia and polycythemia vera represent different phenotypes of a single myeloproliferative neoplasm, whereas CALR-mutated essential thrombocythemia is a distinct disease entity.
AB - Patients with essential thrombocythemia may carry JAK2 (V617F), an MPL substitution, or a calreticulin gene (CALR) mutation. We studied biologic and clinical features of essential thrombocythemia according to JAK2 or CALR mutation status and in relation to those of polycythemia vera. The mutant allele burden was lower in JAK2-mutated than in CALR-mutated essential thrombocythemia. Patients with JAK2 (V617F) were older, had a higher hemoglobin level and white blood cell count, and lower platelet count and serum erythropoietin than those with CALR mutation. Hematologic parameters of patients with JAK2-mutated essential thrombocythemia or polycythemia vera were related to the mutant allele burden. While no polycythemic transformation was observed in CALR-mutated patients, the cumulative risk was 29% at 15 years in those with JAK2-mutated essential thrombocythemia. There was no significant difference in myelofibrotic transformation between the 2 subtypes of essential thrombocythemia. Patients with JAK2-mutated essential thrombocythemia and those with polycythemia vera had a similar risk of thrombosis, which was twice that of patients with the CALR mutation. These observations are consistent with the notion that JAK2-mutated essential thrombocythemia and polycythemia vera represent different phenotypes of a single myeloproliferative neoplasm, whereas CALR-mutated essential thrombocythemia is a distinct disease entity.
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U2 - 10.1182/blood-2013-11-539098
DO - 10.1182/blood-2013-11-539098
M3 - Article
C2 - 24366362
AN - SCOPUS:84897517940
VL - 123
SP - 1544
EP - 1551
JO - Blood
JF - Blood
SN - 0006-4971
IS - 10
ER -