Few data are available about progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML) in patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) from Brazil. The objectives of this study were to describe the main features of patients with PML and estimate its frequency among AIDS patients with central nervous system (CNS) opportunistic diseases admitted to the Instituto de Infectologia Emílio Ribas, Sã...

Oncogenic ras provokes a senescent-like arrest in human diploid fibroblasts involving the Rb and p53 tumor suppressor pathways. To further characterize this response, we compared gene expression patterns between ras-arrested and quiescent IMR90 fibroblasts. One of the genes up-regulated during ras-induced arrest was promyelocytic leukemia (PML) protein, a potential tumor suppressor that encodes...

In this study we performed absolute quantification of the PML-RARA transcript by droplet digital polymerase chain reaction (ddPCR) in 76 newly diagnosed acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL) cases to verify the prognostic impact of the PML-RARA initial molecular burden. ddPCR analysis revealed that the amount of PML-RARA transcript at diagnosis in the group of patients who relapsed was higher than...

PML fuses with retinoic acid receptor alpha (RARalpha) in the t(15;17) translocation that causes acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL). In addition to localizing diffusely throughout the nucleoplasm, PML mainly resides in discrete nuclear structures known as PML oncogenic domains (PODs), which are disrupted in APL and spinocellular ataxia cells. We isolated the Fas-binding protein Daxx as a PML-in...

OBJECTIVE As of 3 September 2013, 399 cases of natalizumab-associated progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML) were confirmed in multiple sclerosis (MS) patients. We evaluated outcomes of natalizumab-treated MS patients who were asymptomatic at PML diagnosis. METHODS Analyses included data available as of 5 June 2013. Asymptomatic patients diagnosed with PML by magnetic resonance imag...

BACKGROUND Our recent studies demonstrate that the murine homolog of the human tumor suppressor promyelocytic leukemia (PML) regulates circadian behavior of mice. To further gather insight into PML's contribution to circadian behavior, we generated two strains of mice deficient in one of the two period (Per) genes and the PML gene, with Per1-/-/Pml-/- and Per2-/-/Pml-/- genotypes. RESULTS Her...

Post-translational modifications, such as acetylation and ubiquitination, can greatly expand the functionality of a particular protein. The promyelocytic leukemia (PML) protein is a functionally promiscuous protein with proposed roles in many cellular processes. Its cellular headquarters are the macromolecular structures termed PML nuclear bodies. Post-translational modification of PML is emerg...

Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML) is a demyelinating disease of the central nervous system (CNS) caused by JC virus infection in oligodendrocytes, especially in patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). Movement disorders associated with PML are very rare. Here, we report a case of PML in an AIDS patient who presented with a cerebellar tremor, caused by lesions in ...

A simple and systematic derivation of anisotropic perfectly matched layers (PML’s) in cylindrical and spherical coordinates is presented. The derivation is based on the analytic continuation of Maxwell’s Equations to complex space. Through field transformations, results for Cartesian anisotropic PML media are recovered and, more importantly, a generalization of the anisotropic PML to cylindrica...

Acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL) cells, containing the t(15;17) rearrangement, express the fusion protein, PML/RARalpha. Clinically, patients respond to all-trans retinoic acid (ATRA) through complete remissions associated with myeloid maturation of leukemic cells. This clinical ATRA response of APL is linked to PML/RARalpha expression. Unfortunately, these remissions are transient and relaps...