CPC C12Q 1/6883 (2013.01) [C07K 16/2839 (2013.01); G01N 33/56983 (2013.01); A61K 2039/505 (2013.01); A61K 2039/54 (2013.01); A61K 2039/545 (2013.01); C12Q 2600/106 (2013.01); C12Q 2600/118 (2013.01); C12Q 2600/156 (2013.01); G01N 2333/025 (2013.01); G01N 2800/065 (2013.01); G01N 2800/285 (2013.01); G01N 2800/52 (2013.01)] | 58 Claims |
1. A method of treating a condition in a subject in need of an immunosuppressive medication comprising: administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of an immunosuppressive medication that has a potential to induce progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML) due to an infection of the brain by John Cunningham virus (JCV), wherein the subject has been tested for a presence of one or more genetic variations with a genetic assay and has been identified as not having the one or more genetic variations,
wherein:
(i) the one or more genetic variations is an insertion, a deletion, or a base substitution in a gene selected from the group consisting of a PRKDC gene, a ZAP70 gene, a RAG1 gene, an IRAK4 gene, a PLCG2 gene, a TLR3 gene, a CHD7 gene, a GATA2 gene, a STIM1 gene, an IFIH1 gene, a TBK1 gene, a CARD11 gene, an ATR gene, a RIPK3 gene, or a LYST gene; or
(ii) the one or more genetic variations comprise chr9: 286491 G>A, chr9: 286593 C>A, chr9: 304628 G>A, chr9: 312134 G>A, chr9: 328047 T>A, chr9: 334277 G>A, chr9: 368128 C>T, chr9: 446401 A>G, chr4: 103522068 A>G, chr4: 103522150 G>A, or chr4: 103528328 C>T, wherein chromosome positions of the one or more genetic variations are defined with respect to UCSC hg19; and
wherein:
(A) the subject has been tested with a JCV antibody test, a CD62L test or a CSF IgM oligoclonal bands test, or (B) the condition is Crohn's disease, multiple sclerosis, or a relapsing form of multiple sclerosis.
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