Abstract:
:Existing and emerging viral central nervous system (CNS) infections are major sources of human morbidity and mortality. Treatments of proven efficacy are currently limited predominantly to herpesviruses and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Development of new therapies has been hampered by the lack of appropriate animal model systems for some important viruses and by the difficulty in conducting human clinical trials for diseases that may be rare, or in the case of arboviral infections, often have variable seasonal and geographic incidence. Nonetheless, many novel approaches to antiviral therapy are available, including candidate thiazolide and pyrazinecarboxamide derivatives with potential broad-spectrum antiviral efficacy. New herpesvirus drugs include viral helicase-primase and terminase inhibitors. The use of antisense oligonucleotides and other strategies to interfere with viral RNA translation has shown efficacy in experimental models of CNS viral disease. Identifying specific molecular targets within viral replication cycles has led to many existing antiviral agents and will undoubtedly continue to be the basis of future drug design. A promising new area of research involves therapies based on enhanced understanding of host antiviral immune responses. Toll-like receptor agonists and drugs that inhibit specific cytokines as well as interferon preparations have all shown potential therapeutic efficacy. Passive transfer of virus-specific cytotoxic T lymphocytes has been used in humans and may provide an effective therapy for some herpesvirus infections and potentially for progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy. Humanized monoclonal antibodies directed against specific viral proteins have been developed and in several cases evaluated in humans in settings including West Nile virus and HIV infection and in pre-exposure prophylaxis for rabies.
journal_name
Ann Neuroljournal_title
Annals of neurologyauthors
Nath A,Tyler KLdoi
10.1002/ana.23988subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2013-09-01 00:00:00pages
412-22issue
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0364-5134issn
1531-8249journal_volume
74pub_type
杂志文章,评审abstract::After unilateral cortical lesions in neonatal rats, the spared unablated hemisphere is known to demonstrate remarkable neuroanatomical plasticity in corticofugal connectivity. This same type of structural plasticity is not seen after similar lesions in adult rats. One possibility for the lack of such a plastic respons...
journal_title:Annals of neurology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1002/1531-8249(199906)45:6<778::aid-ana12>3.0.c
更新日期:1999-06-01 00:00:00
abstract::Ubiquitin ligases regulate quantities and activities of target proteins, often pleiotropically. The malin ubiquitin E3 ligase is reported to regulate autophagy, the misfolded protein response, microRNA silencing, Wnt signaling, neuronatin-mediated endoplasmic reticulum stress, and the laforin glycogen phosphatase. Mal...
journal_title:Annals of neurology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1002/ana.24104
更新日期:2014-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Annals of neurology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1002/ana.410440417
更新日期:1998-10-01 00:00:00
abstract::Juvenile myoclonic epilepsy is a common type of idiopathic generalized epilepsy characterized by myoclonic, generalized tonic-clonic, and in 30% of patients, absence seizures. We studied a three-generation pedigree of 33 members, 10 of whom were clinically affected with juvenile myoclonic epilepsy or presented with su...
journal_title:Annals of neurology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1002/ana.410390208
更新日期:1996-02-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Annals of neurology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1002/ana.410180109
更新日期:1985-07-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Annals of neurology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1002/ana.410220412
更新日期:1987-10-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Annals of neurology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1002/ana.24292
更新日期:2014-12-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Annals of neurology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1002/ana.410120506
更新日期:1982-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Annals of neurology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1002/ana.410310320
更新日期:1992-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Annals of neurology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1002/ana.410250217
更新日期:1989-02-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Annals of neurology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1002/ana.10555
更新日期:2003-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Annals of neurology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1002/ana.21465
更新日期:2008-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Annals of neurology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1002/ana.1258
更新日期:2001-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Annals of neurology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1002/ana.410350320
更新日期:1994-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Annals of neurology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1002/1531-8249(199910)46:4<627::aid-ana11>3.0.c
更新日期:1999-10-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:To examine the functional neuroanatomy that could account for pure Gerstmann syndrome, which is the selective association of acalculia, finger agnosia, left-right disorientation, and agraphia. METHODS:We used structural and functional neuroimaging at high spatial resolution in healthy subjects to seek a shar...
journal_title:Annals of neurology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1002/ana.21776
更新日期:2009-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Annals of neurology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1002/ana.10664
更新日期:2003-09-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:Autosomal recessive primary microcephaly (MCPH) is a rare condition characterized by a reduced cerebral cortex accompanied with intellectual disability. Mutations in 17 genes have been shown to cause this phenotype. Recently, mutations in CIT, encoding CRIK (citron rho-interacting kinase)-a component of the c...
journal_title:Annals of neurology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1002/ana.25044
更新日期:2017-10-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Annals of neurology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1002/ana.20251
更新日期:2004-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Annals of neurology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1002/ana.25748
更新日期:2020-07-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Annals of neurology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1002/ana.20798
更新日期:2006-04-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Annals of neurology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1002/ana.410070608
更新日期:1980-06-01 00:00:00
abstract::Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy is the most common clinical presentation of JC virus (JCV)-associated central nervous system (CNS) disease and has emerged as a major safety concern in multiple sclerosis patients treated with the monoclonal antibody natalizumab. Here we report clinical, radiological, and his...
journal_title:Annals of neurology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1002/ana.23973
更新日期:2013-10-01 00:00:00
abstract::Growth hormone (GH) is neuroprotective, presumably through its actions on GH receptor-mediated pathways. Here, we examined the effects of GH using in vitro and in vivo assays of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-induced neuronal injury. Neuronal cultures were in assays of neurotoxicity induced by supernatants from HI...
journal_title:Annals of neurology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1002/ana.10729
更新日期:2003-11-01 00:00:00
abstract::Recently, variant mRNA transcripts for the astroglial glutamate transporter EAAT2 have been detected in brain tissues of 60% of patients with sporadic amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (SALS). We have tested the hypothesis that the gene for EAAT2 may be defective in some ALS cases. In 16 familial ALS (FALS) pedigrees with...
journal_title:Annals of neurology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1002/ana.410430514
更新日期:1998-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Annals of neurology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1002/ana.410080308
更新日期:1980-09-01 00:00:00
abstract::Three of six rabbits immunized with purified GD1b developed ataxic sensory neuropathy. They laid on the floor with their limbs splayed out, and their movements were awkward; but muscle power, tonus, and superficial sensation appeared to be intact. Sciatic nerve motor conduction studies were normal. Axonal degeneration...
journal_title:Annals of neurology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1002/ana.410390404
更新日期:1996-04-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Annals of neurology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1002/ana.410400420
更新日期:1996-10-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Annals of neurology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1002/ana.24218
更新日期:2014-08-01 00:00:00
abstract::In view of the favorable claims of Cook and others, an open trial of chronic dorsal column stimulation was undertaken in 9 patients who had moderately advanced multiple sclerosis (MS) but were still ambulatory. No objective improvement was noted by either author during the postoperative observation period of 6 to 37 m...
journal_title:Annals of neurology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1002/ana.410060115
更新日期:1979-07-01 00:00:00