Somatic Variants Acquired Later in Life Associated with Thoracic Aortic Aneurysms: JAK2 V617F
Waldron C, Zafar M, Ma D, Zhang H, Dykas D, Ziganshin B, Popa A, Jha A, Kwan J, Elefteriades J. Somatic Variants Acquired Later in Life Associated with Thoracic Aortic Aneurysms: JAK2 V617F. Genes 2024, 15: 883. PMID: 39062663, PMCID: PMC11276600, DOI: 10.3390/genes15070883.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchThoracic aortic aneurysmDevelopment of thoracic aortic aneurysmAortic aneurysmJAK2 V617FMyeloproliferative neoplasmsSomatic variantsPrevalence of thoracic aortic aneurysmsDescending thoracic aortic aneurysmJAK2 V617F burdenAortic valve diseaseTarget of therapyDriver of myeloproliferative neoplasmsSurgical aortic replacementVariant allele fractionAscending thoracic aortic aneurysmAortic replacementAneurysm sizeAneurysm patientsValve diseaseVariant carriersIncreased riskJAK2 geneExome sequencing databaseAllele fractionAneurysm