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Hi What is Jak2.

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For many of us with ET, the cause is a mutation in one of the three proteins that govern blood cell production.

Those proteins are JAK2, CAL or MPL.

So if your bloodwork shows an abnormality in your JAK2 protein -- you have JAK2-driven ET.

Does that help?