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We acknowledge Dr. Anthony Green for providing the MARIMO cells. We thank Dr. Hitoshi Kiyoi and Dr. Yuichi Ishikawa for providing the Materials Transfer Agreement (MTA) and the permission to use the cells. This study was in part supported by grants to SK from the German Research Foundation (DFG KO2155/6-1) and the Deutsche José Carreras Leukämie-Stiftung (DJCLS 16R/2017).
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LH, NC, and SK designed the research; LH, JC, and AM performed the research; LH wrote the manuscript; and LH, AM, THB, NC, and SK analyzed the data and revised the manuscript. All authors approved the final version of the manuscript.
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THB has participated in advisory boards and satellite symposia for Ariad, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Merck, Novartis, and Pfizer (no personal honoraria); he has received research funding from Novartis and Pfizer and holds a patent on the combination of imatinib with hypusination inhibitors. SK is a member of the Advisory Boards of Pfizer, Incyte/Ariad, Novartis, AOP, BMS, and CTI; Honoraria: Novartis, BMS, Pfizer, Incyte/Ariad, and Shire; Scientific Research Support: Novartis Foundation, BMS, and Novartis; Others: Alexion. The remaining authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.
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Han, L., Czech, J., Maurer, A. et al. Mutant NRAS Q61K is responsible for MAPK pathway activation in the MARIMO cell line and renders these cells independent of the CALR–MPL–JAK2–STAT5 pathway. Leukemia 32, 2087–2090 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41375-018-0234-6
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