“…Moreover, JAK2 is activated by oxidative stress [7], ischemia [7] and hypertonicity [8,9]. Excessive JAK2 activity may lead to development of malignancy and the gain of function mutation V617F JAK2 presumably predisposes to the development of myeloproliferative disease [10,11,12,13]. Conversely JAK2 inhibitors are considered for the treatment of myeloproliferative disorders [14,15,16,17,18,19].…”