CPC C12Q 1/6883 (2013.01) [C12Q 2600/106 (2013.01); C12Q 2600/156 (2013.01)] | 24 Claims |
1. A method of treating a condition in a subject in need of immunosuppressive therapy comprising: administering a therapeutically effective amount of an immunosuppressive agent to the subject, wherein the subject has a decreased risk of progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML) due to an infection of the brain by John Cunningham virus (JCV), wherein the subject's decreased risk is associated with the absence of one or more genetic variations in the subject, wherein the subject has been tested for a presence of the one or more genetic variations with a genetic assay and has been identified as not having the one or more genetic variations;
wherein the one or more genetic variations disrupts or modulates a C8B gene, a FCN2 gene, or a LY9 gene.
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