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JC virus load in cerebrospinal fluid and transcriptional control region rearrangements may predict the clinical course of progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy

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JOURNAL OF CELLULAR PHYSIOLOGY
卷 227, 期 10, 页码 3511-3517

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WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/jcp.24051

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  1. NIMH [MH072528]

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Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML) is a severe disease of the central nervous system (CNS), caused by infection with the Polyomavirus JC virus (JCV). Because there are no known treatments or prognostic factors, we performed a long-term study focusing mainly on cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) samples from PML patients to describe the virological features akin to the different forms of the disease. Twenty-eight PML patients were enrolled: 10 HIV-1+ patients with classical PML (CPML), 9 HIV-1+ patients with slowly progressing or stable neurological symptoms (benign PML), 3 HIV-1+ asymptomatic patients, and 6 HIV-1-negative patients. CSF, urine, and blood samples were collected at the enrollment (baseline) and every 6 months afterwards when possible. The JCV DNA and HIV-1 RNA loads were determined, and the JCV strains were characterized. At baseline, the mean CSF JCV load was log?6.0 +/- 1.2?copies/ml for CPML patients, log?4.0 +/- 1.0 copies/ml for benign PML patients, log?4.2 +/- 0.5 copies/ml for asymptomatic PML patients, and log?5.8 +/- 1.3?copies/ml for HIV-1-negative PML patients (CPML vs. benign: P?

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