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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Curr Clin Microbiol Rep. 2017 Aug 1;4(3):132–141. doi: 10.1007/s40588-017-0069-3

Table 1.

Potential treatments highlighted in this article that have been shown to reduce JCPyV infection and/or PML progression.

Potential PML Treatment FDA Licensed Mechanism of Action Tested in Clinical Setting
Mefloquine Yes Viral Replication Inhibitor Yes
Mirtazapine Yes Serotonin Receptor Antagonist – Possible Receptor Competition Yes
Retro-2 No Intracellular Transport Inhibitor No
VP1 Subunit Vaccine No Active Immunization Yes
VLP Vaccine No Active Immunization Yes
Anti-VP1 mAb No Passive Immunization Yes
LSTc competitive inhibitors No Receptor Competition No