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Detection of JC virus by anti-VP1 immunohistochemistry in brains with progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy.

Jochum, W; Weber, T; Frye, S; Hunsmann, G; Lüke, W; Aguzzi, A (1997). Detection of JC virus by anti-VP1 immunohistochemistry in brains with progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy. Acta Neuropathologica, 94(3):226-231.

Abstract

We have assessed the diagnostic efficacy of a novel polyclonal rabbit antiserum directed to the recombinant major capsid protein VP1 of JC virus (JCV). Immunohistochemistry for VP1 was compared to non-radioactive JCV DNA in situ hybridization (ISH) in ten cases of progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML). Tissue sections from postmortem brains were studied from PML patients suffering from immunodeficient conditions of various causes: immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS, n = 7), severe combined immune deficiency due to adenosine deaminase deficiency (n = 1), sarcoidosis (n = 1) and leukemia (n = 1). VP1 immunohistochemistry demonstrated the presence of JCV in lesional oligodendrocytes of all PML patients, whereas ISH was able to detect JCV in nine out of ten cases. We conclude that VP1 immunohistochemistry is a specific, sensitive and rapid method for confirming the diagnosis of PML.

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Item Type:Journal Article, refereed
Communities & Collections:04 Faculty of Medicine > University Hospital Zurich > Institute of Neuropathology
Dewey Decimal Classification:570 Life sciences; biology
610 Medicine & health
Scopus Subject Areas:Health Sciences > Pathology and Forensic Medicine
Health Sciences > Neurology (clinical)
Life Sciences > Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
Language:English
Date:1 September 1997
Deposited On:11 Feb 2008 12:25
Last Modified:01 Jul 2025 03:43
Publisher:Springer
ISSN:0001-6322
OA Status:Closed
Publisher DOI:https://doi.org/10.1007/s004010050697
PubMed ID:9292691
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