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Jak Roberto
Jak Roberto (Jan Rommel Osuna Roberto, born 1993) is a Filipino actor, singer, and GMA Network star known as 'Pambansang Abs', best known for Meant to Be, Contessa, and Bolera.
JAK-STAT signaling pathway
JAK-STAT signaling pathway: cytokine receptors activate Janus kinases (JAK1-3, TYK2) that phosphorylate STAT transcription factors, which dimerize and enter the nucleus. Discovered via interferon studies; regulated by SOCS, PIAS, phosphatases; linked to immune deficiency, leukemia, inflammation.
JAK1
JAK1 (Janus kinase 1, also JTK3) is a human chromosome 1p31.3 tyrosine kinase gene that phosphorylates STAT proteins in interferon and IL-6/JAK1/STAT3 cytokine signaling; gain-of-function variants cause autoinflammation with eosinophilia, and selective JAK1 inhibitors treat inflammatory disease.
JAK3
JAK3 (Janus kinase 3, also L-JAK/JAKL) is a human gene on chromosome 19p13.11 encoding a hematopoietic-restricted tyrosine kinase that pairs exclusively with the common gamma chain receptor; loss-of-function mutations cause T-B+ severe combined immunodeficiency.
JAKA Robotics (节卡机器人)
JAKA Robotics (节卡机器人) is a Chinese collaborative-robot maker founded in 2014 and based in Shanghai, building cobot arms used on electronics and automotive production lines worldwide.
Jakanachari
Jakanachari (ಜಕಣಾಚಾರಿ) is a legendary figure credited by tradition with Karnataka's great Hoysala temples, including Belur and Halebidu, whom scholars treat as mythical or a guild.
Jakara Jackson
Jakara Jackson, ring name of Jamara Garrett (now Mara Sadè), American wrestler; WWE NXT 2022-2025, Meta-Four and Meta-Girls with Lash Legend, then TNA and independents.
Jakarta
Jakarta, capital of Indonesia on northwest Java, formerly Sunda Kalapa, Jayakarta, and Batavia; world's most populous city at nearly 42 million (UN 2025), severely affected by land subsidence and flooding, and still the national capital pending relocation to Nusantara.
Jakarta Bay
Jakarta Bay is a shallow bay on the northwest coast of Java, Indonesia, immediately north of Jakarta, receiving untreated wastewater from about 20 million people and 2,050 industries.
Jakarta Fe
Jakarta Fe (JAKARTA FE) is the FIA Grade 3E listing for the Jakarta International E-Prix Circuit, a 2.37 km, 18-turn clockwise street circuit in Ancol, North Jakarta, hosting Formula E's Jakarta E-Prix in 2022, 2023, and 2025.
Jakarta flood control and Great Garuda
Jakarta flood control protects Indonesia's sinking capital through polders, pumps, and dikes, while the Great Garuda was a proposed bird-shaped 35 km sea wall across Jakarta Bay.
Jakarta International Stadium
Jakarta International Stadium (JIS; Indonesian: Stadion Internasional Jakarta) is a football stadium with a retractable roof in North Jakarta, opened in 2022 as the home of Persija Jakarta.
Jakarta odd-even scheme
The Jakarta odd-even scheme, known in Indonesian as ganjil-genap, is a road-space rationing policy limiting private cars on main roads by license-plate parity, introduced in 2016.
Jakatta
Jakatta is the house music alias of British DJ and producer Dave Lee, better known as Joey Negro, with UK Top 10 hits in 2001 and 2002.
Jake (musician)
Jake (제이크), also known as Sim Jae-yun, is a South Korean-Australian singer, dancer, and rapper in the K-pop boy group ENHYPEN, which he joined through the 2020 survival show I-LAND.
Jake Abel
Jake Abel (Jacob Allen Abel, born 1987, Canton, Ohio) is an American actor known for Luke Castellan in the Percy Jackson films, The Host, I Am Number Four, Supernatural's Adam Milligan/Michael, Another Life, Malignant, and Love & Mercy's Mike Love.
Jake Abraham
Jake Abraham (1967–2023), English actor from Toxteth, Liverpool; played Dean in Guy Ritchie's Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998); also Mean Machine, Red Dwarf; died of prostate cancer, distinct from the Dallas filmmaker and gaffer of the same name.
Jake Adelstein
Jake Adelstein, American investigative journalist based in Tokyo since 1993; first foreign staff writer at Yomiuri Shimbun, author of the 2009 memoir Tokyo Vice (HBO Max series 2022) and The Last Yakuza.
Jake Allyn
Jake Allyn (born 1990, Dallas, Texas) is an American actor, screenwriter, producer, and director known for The Quad, No Man's Land, and his Western Heritage Award-winning directorial debut Ride (2024).
Jake and Amir (web series)
Jake and Amir is an American comedy web series set in a New York office, created in 2007 by CollegeHumor writers Jake Hurwitz and Amir Blumenfeld, who play exaggerated versions of themselves.
Jake and the Fatman
Jake and the Fatman is an American crime drama on CBS from 1987 to 1992, starring William Conrad as prosecutor J.L. "Fatman" McCabe and Joe Penny as investigator Jake Styles.
Jake and the Never Land Pirates
Jake and the Never Land Pirates (later Captain Jake and the Never Land Pirates) is Disney Television Animation's preschool series, Disney Junior's first original series, premiered February 14, 2011, following kid pirates Jake, Izzy, and Cubby aboard Bucky outwitting Captain Hook and Smee across four seasons ending 2016.
Jake Arrieta
Jake Arrieta (born 1986) is a retired American MLB right-handed pitcher, 2015 NL Cy Young winner and 2016 World Series champion with the Cubs; two no-hitters, career 115-93, 3.98 ERA with Orioles, Cubs, Phillies, Padres.
Jake Ashby
Jake Ashby is an American politician and Republican member of the New York State Senate representing the 43rd district, known for 2026 legislation on ICE operations.
Jake Auchincloss
Jake Auchincloss, Democratic U.S. Representative for Massachusetts's 4th district since 2021. Former Marine, Harvard and MIT graduate, Newton city councilor; Energy and Commerce member, centrist Democrat.
Jake Bates
Jake Bates, Detroit Lions placekicker (#39), former college soccer player and kickoff specialist who sold bricks before a 2024 UFL season with the Michigan Panthers, then set Lions scoring records and made historic late-game field goals in the NFL.
Jake Blumencranz
Jake Blumencranz is an American politician and Republican member of the New York State Assembly from the 15th district on Long Island, first elected in November 2022.
Jake Bongiovi
Jake Bongiovi (Jacob Hurley Bongiovi, born 2002) is an American actor and producer, son of Jon Bon Jovi and Dorothea Hurley, husband of Millie Bobby Brown since May 2024, known for Rockbottom, Sweethearts, and Poetic License.
Jake Brown (footballer)
Jake Brown (footballer) refers to several players: an English Hull City academy midfielder (born 2005), Halstead Town non-league veteran, Australian South Melbourne midfielder (born 2006), an England CP footballer, and Avro Energy's founder.
Jake Browning
Jake Browning, NFL quarterback; undrafted 2019 (Vikings), Bengals backup to Joe Burrow; went 4-3 as 2023 replacement starter with NFL-best 70.4 completion percentage; later signed by Tampa Bay Buccaneers.