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Structural characterization of human neutralizing antibodies against JC and BK polyomaviruses.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 14 Jul 2026
Harprecht Christina, Ströh Luisa J, O'Hara Bethany A, Freytag Jasmin, Nagel Felix, Haley Sheila A, Stierhof York-Dieter, Atwood Walter J, Stehle Thilo
Abstract excerpt
The human JC polyomavirus (JCPyV) causes the fatal demyelinating disease progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML) in immunocompromised individuals. JCPyV frequently undergoes mutations in PML patients, and these variants are thought to establish "antibody recognition holes" that enable the virus to circumvent the antibody response of infected individuals. Many of these PML-associated mutations cluster in...
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