"Janus Kinases" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A family of intracellular tyrosine kinases that participate in the signaling cascade of cytokines by associating with specific CYTOKINE RECEPTORS. They act upon STAT TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS in signaling pathway referred to as the JAK/STAT pathway. The name Janus kinase refers to the fact the proteins have two phosphate-transferring domains.
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D053612
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D08.811.913.696.620.682.725.124 D12.776.476.393
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STAT1/IRF-1 signaling pathway mediates the injurious effect of interferon-gamma on oligodendrocyte progenitor cells. Glia. 2010 Jan 15; 58(2):195-208.