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Fatal encephalopathy with wild-type JC virus and ruxolitinib therapy.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

JC virus (JCV) infection is a lytic infection of oligodendrocytes in progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy; less common forms of central nervous system manifestations associated with JCV infection include granule cell neuronopathy, encephalopathy, and meningitis. Presented is the first case of fatal JCV encephalopathy after immunosuppressive therapy that included ruxolitinib.

Methods

Postmortem analysis included next generation sequencing, Sanger sequencing, tissue immunohistochemistry, and formalin-fixed hemisphere 7T magnetic resonance imaging.

Results

JCV DNA isolated from postmortem tissue samples identified a novel 12bp insertion that altered the transcription site binding pattern in an otherwise "wild-type virus," which has long been thought to be the nonpathogenic form of JCV. Anti-VP1 staining demonstrated infection in cortical neurons, hippocampal neurons, and glial and endothelial cells.

Interpretation

This expands the spectrum of identified JCV diseases associated with broad-spectrum immunosuppression, including JAK-STAT inhibitors, and sheds light on an additional neurotropic virus strain of the archetype variety. ANN NEUROL 2019;86:878-884.

SUBMITTER: Reoma LB

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8189164 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Fatal encephalopathy with wild-type JC virus and ruxolitinib therapy.

Reoma Lauren Bowen LB Trindade Christopher Julius CJ Monaco Maria Chiara MC Solis Jamie J Montojo Marta Garcia MG Vu Phuong P Johnson Kory K Beck Erin E Nair Govind G Khan Omar I OI Quezado Marta M Hewitt Stephen M SM Reich Daniel S DS Childs Richard R Nath Avindra A

Annals of neurology 20191016 6

<h4>Objective</h4>JC virus (JCV) infection is a lytic infection of oligodendrocytes in progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy; less common forms of central nervous system manifestations associated with JCV infection include granule cell neuronopathy, encephalopathy, and meningitis. Presented is the first case of fatal JCV encephalopathy after immunosuppressive therapy that included ruxolitinib.<h4>Methods</h4>Postmortem analysis included next generation sequencing, Sanger sequencing, tissue ...[more]

PMID: 31600832

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Fatal encephalopathy with wild-type JC virus and ruxolitinib therapy.

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