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JC polyomavirus mutants escape antibody-mediated neutralization.
Science translational medicine - 23 Sept 2015
Ray Upasana, Cinque Paola, Gerevini Simonetta, Longo Valeria, Lazzarin Adriano, Schippling Sven, Martin Roland, Buck Christopher B, Pastrana Diana V
Abstract excerpt
JC polyomavirus (JCV) persistently infects the urinary tract of most adults. Under conditions of immune impairment, JCV causes an opportunistic brain disease, progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML). JCV strains found in the cerebrospinal fluid of PML patients contain distinctive mutations in surface loops of the major capsid protein, VP1. We hypothesized that VP1 mutations might allow the virus to evade...
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