Myeloproliferative Neoplasms: Contemporary Review and Molecular Landscape

Int J Mol Sci. 2023 Dec 12;24(24):17383. doi: 10.3390/ijms242417383.

Abstract

Myelofibrosis (MF), Myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPNs), and MDS/MPN overlap syndromes have a broad range of clinical presentations and molecular abnormalities, making their diagnosis and classification complex. This paper reviews molecular aberration, epigenetic modifications, chromosomal anomalies, and their interactions with cellular and other immune mechanisms in the manifestations of these disease spectra, clinical features, classification, and treatment modalities. The advent of new-generation sequencing has broadened the understanding of the genetic factors involved. However, while great strides have been made in the pharmacological treatment of these diseases, treatment of advanced disease remains hematopoietic stem cell transplant.

Keywords: MDS-MPN; molecular and mutational landscape; primary myelofibrosis; secondary myelofibrosis.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Chromosome Aberrations
  • Humans
  • Mutation
  • Myeloproliferative Disorders* / diagnosis
  • Myeloproliferative Disorders* / genetics
  • Myeloproliferative Disorders* / therapy
  • Neoplasms*
  • Primary Myelofibrosis* / diagnosis
  • Primary Myelofibrosis* / genetics
  • Primary Myelofibrosis* / therapy

Grants and funding

This research received no external funding.