title: Elevation of myoinositol is associated with disease containment in progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy.
abstract: MRI, 1H-MR spectroscopy, immunologic, and virologic studies were performed in search of prognostic factors of disease evolution in patients with progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML). Acute lesions of PML survivors showed twofold higher standard score of the ratio of myoinositol (a glial marker) to creatine compared with lesions in patients whose disease progressed. Concomitantly, JC virus-specific cytotoxic T lymphocytes were only detected in the blood of PML survivors. These results suggest that inflammation limits disease progression.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, USA.
authors.forename: Rachel
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Katz-Brull
authors.forename: Robert E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Lenkinski
authors.forename: Renaud A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Du Pasquier
authors.forename: Igor J
authors.initials: IJ
authors.lastname: Koralnik
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001224:Aspartic Acid / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000032:analysis; D002531:Cerebellum / Q000378:metabolism; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000378:metabolism; D002794:Choline / Q000032:analysis; D003401:Creatine / Q000032:analysis; D018450:Disease Progression; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D007294:Inositol / Q000032:analysis*; D007577:JC Virus / Q000276:immunology*; D007968:Leukoencephalopathy, Progressive Multifocal / Q000097:blood / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000821:virology; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D017741:Survivors; D037182:T-Cell Antigen Receptor Specificity; D013602:T-Lymphocytes, Cytotoxic / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D001224:Aspartic Acid; D007294:Inositol; C000179:N-acetylaspartate; D003401:Creatine; D002794:Choline