Clinical advances in oncolytic virotherapy for pediatric brain tumors

G Ghajar-Rahimi, KD Kang, SK Totsch, S Gary… - Pharmacology & …, 2022 - Elsevier
Malignant brain tumors constitute nearly one-third of cancer diagnoses in children and have
recently surpassed hematologic malignancies as the most lethal neoplasm in the pediatric …

Immunotherapy approaches for the treatment of diffuse midline gliomas

JD Bernstock, SE Hoffman, AD Kappel… - …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Diffuse midline gliomas (DMG) are a highly aggressive and universally fatal subgroup of
pediatric tumors responsible for the majority of childhood brain tumor deaths. Median overall …

[HTML][HTML] In situ cancer vaccination and immunovirotherapy using oncolytic HSV

N Jahan, SM Ghouse, RL Martuza, SD Rabkin - Viruses, 2021 - mdpi.com
Herpes simplex virus (HSV) can be genetically altered to acquire oncolytic properties so that
oncolytic HSV (oHSV) preferentially replicates in and kills cancer cells, while sparing normal …

Medulloblastoma targeted therapy: From signaling pathways heterogeneity and current treatment dilemma to the recent advances in development of therapeutic …

Q Wang, X Xin, Q Dai, M Sun, J Chen… - Pharmacology & …, 2023 - Elsevier
Medulloblastoma (MB) is a major pediatric malignant brain tumor that arises in the
cerebellum. MB tumors exhibit highly heterogeneous driven by diverse genetic alterations …

Oncolytic virus therapy for malignant gliomas: entering the new era

H Fudaba, H Wakimoto - Expert Opinion on Biological Therapy, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction To overcome the challenge of treating malignant brain tumors, oncolytic viruses
(OVs) represent an innovative therapeutic approach, featuring unique mechanisms of action …

Tumour immune landscape of paediatric high-grade gliomas

JL Ross, J Velazquez Vega, A Plant, TJ MacDonald… - Brain, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Over the past decade, remarkable progress has been made towards elucidating the origin
and genomic landscape of childhood high-grade brain tumours. It has become evident that …

[HTML][HTML] Understanding and therapeutically exploiting cGAS/STING signaling in glioblastoma

JT Low, MC Brown, ZJ Reitman… - The Journal of …, 2024 - Am Soc Clin Investig
Since the discovery that cGAS/STING recognizes endogenous DNA released from dying
cancer cells and induces type I interferon and antitumor T cell responses, efforts to …

[HTML][HTML] Oncolytic virotherapy in solid tumors: the challenges and achievements

KT Jin, WL Du, YY Liu, HR Lan, JX Si, XZ Mou - Cancers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Oncolytic virotherapy (OVT) is a promising approach in cancer
immunotherapy. Oncolytic viruses (OVs) could be applied in cancer immunotherapy without …

Safety and interim survival data after intracranial administration of M032, a genetically engineered oncolytic HSV-1 expressing IL-12, in pet dogs with sporadic gliomas

NB Omar, RT Bentley, DK Crossman, JB Foote… - Neurosurgical …, 2021 - thejns.org
OBJECTIVE The diagnosis of glioma remains disheartening in the clinical realm. While a
multitude of studies and trials have shown promise, improvements in overall survival have …

The current state of oncolytic herpes simplex virus for glioblastoma treatment

HM Nguyen, D Saha - Oncolytic Virotherapy, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Glioblastoma (GBM) is a lethal primary malignant brain tumor with no current effective
treatments. The recent emergence of immuno-virotherapy and FDA approval of T-VEC have …