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Animal Models for Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy.
Journal of cellular physiology - 1 Dec 2015
White Martyn K, Gordon Jennifer, Berger Joseph R, Khalili Kamel
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Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML) is a severe demyelinating disease of the CNS caused by the human polyomavirus JC (JCV). JCV replication occurs only in human cells and investigation of PML has been severely hampered by the lack of an animal model. The common feature of PML is impairment of the immune system. The key to understanding PML is working out the complex mechanisms that underlie viral...
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