"JC Virus" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A species of POLYOMAVIRUS, originally isolated from the brain of a patient with progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy. The patient's initials J.C. gave the virus its name. Infection is not accompanied by any apparent illness but serious demyelinating disease can appear later, probably following reactivation of latent virus.
| Descriptor ID |
D007577
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B04.280.210.620.615.400 B04.613.204.670.615.400
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| Concept/Terms |
JC Virus- JC Virus
- Polyomavirus, JC
- JC polyomavirus
- Polyomavirus hominis 2
- John Cunningham Virus
- Virus, John Cunningham
- Human Polyomavirus JC
- Polyomavirus JC, Human
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| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2014 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "JC Virus" by people in Profiles.
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Finger pointing to JC virus: a tale of two indexes. Ann Neurol. 2014 Dec; 76(6):789-91.
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JC virus reactivation during prolonged natalizumab monotherapy for multiple sclerosis. Ann Neurol. 2014 Jun; 75(6):925-34.
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JC polyomavirus granule cell neuronopathy in a patient treated with rituximab. JAMA Neurol. 2014 Apr; 71(4):487-9.
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Comment: avoiding detrimental effects of corticosteroids on JC virus T-cell responses--primum non nocere. Neurology. 2012 Dec 04; 79(23):2263.
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JC virus encephalopathy is associated with a novel agnoprotein-deletion JCV variant. PLoS One. 2012; 7(4):e35793.
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Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy and other disorders caused by JC virus: clinical features and pathogenesis. Lancet Neurol. 2010 Apr; 9(4):425-37.
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New insights into progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy. Curr Opin Neurol. 2004 Jun; 17(3):365-70.