Meaning of ruxolitinib | Babel Free

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A medication belonging to the class of Janus kinase inhibitors, used for the treatment of several diseases including myelofibrosis and polycythemia vera.

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“For example, Gallipoli et al. reported that combination of nilotinib with ruxolitinib could induce apoptosis in chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) stem cells through inhibiting JAK-2/STAT-5 signaling pathway.”

“The first jakinib to enter clinical trials, initially for renal transplantation, was tofacitinib, which inhibits JAK1/JAK2/JAK3; however, ruxolitinib, a JAK1/JAK2 inhibitor, was the first agent to receive approval, as a treatment for myeloproliferative neoplasms that often exhibit gain-of-function JAK2 mutations.”

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