JAK inhibitors to treat chronic graft anti-host disease reached the clinical end of phase 3.

GVHD is a serious disease caused by an immune attack on the host organ by foreign transplanted stem cells.
GVHD is divided into two forms, acute GVHD (aGVHD) and chronic GVHD, which may affect the function of multiple organ systems such as the skin, gastrointestinal tract and liver.
about 30,000 bone marrow transplants are performed each year to treat cancers in the blood system, with pediatrics accounting for about 20 percent of all cases.
Jakafi is an innovative oral Janus kinase 1 and 2 (JAK1/JAK2) inhibitors.
JAKs belong to the cytoplasm tyrosine kinase family and function as a signal to mediate transductive cytokines such as interferons.
JAK is also a major component of hemagging signals, with overactivation in the early stages of GVHD.
inhibition of JAK1/JAK2 inhibits the release of inflammatory cytokines, reduces the pathological process of GVHD, and also inhibits the activation of the supply T cells and reduces the immune response.
jakafi was approved by the FDA in May last year to treat the incurable acute GVHD of steroids.
"These positive results are significant because they mean that Jakafi provides a meaningful treatment option not only for patients with acute GVHD, but also for patients with chronic GVHD," said Dr. Peter Langmuir, Vice President of Cancer Targeting Therapy at Incyte.
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