Delivery and biosafety of oncolytic virotherapy

L Li, S Liu, D Han, B Tang, J Ma - Frontiers in oncology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
In recent years, oncolytic virotherapy has emerged as a promising anticancer therapy.
Oncolytic viruses destroy cancer cells, without damaging normal tissues, through virus self …

Biological causes of immunogenic cancer cell death (ICD) and anti-tumor therapy; combination of oncolytic virus-based immunotherapy and CAR T-cell therapy for …

A Mardi, AV Shirokova, RN Mohammed… - Cancer Cell …, 2022 - Springer
Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy is a promising and rapidly expanding
therapeutic option for a wide range of human malignancies. Despite the ongoing progress of …

The immunobiology of hepatocellular carcinoma in humans and mice: Basic concepts and therapeutic implications

J Hou, H Zhang, B Sun, M Karin - Journal of hepatology, 2020 - Elsevier
Basic and clinical studies have demonstrated the efficacy of immunotherapy, a technical and
conceptual breakthrough that has revolutionised cancer treatment. Hepatocellular …

Nucleic acid-based approaches for tumor therapy

S Hager, FJ Fittler, E Wagner, M Bros - Cells, 2020 - mdpi.com
Within the last decade, the introduction of checkpoint inhibitors proposed to boost the
patients' anti-tumor immune response has proven the efficacy of immunotherapeutic …

In Situ Vaccination as a Strategy to Modulate the Immune Microenvironment of Hepatocellular Carcinoma

I Lurje, W Werner, R Mohr, C Roderburg… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC) is a highly prevalent malignancy that develops in patients
with chronic liver diseases and dysregulated systemic and hepatic immunity. The tumor …

Immunogenic cell death: The cornerstone of oncolytic viro-immunotherapy

L Palanivelu, CH Liu, LT Lin - Frontiers in Immunology, 2023 - frontiersin.org
According to the World Health Organization, cancer is one of the leading global health
concerns, causing nearly 10 million deaths in 2020. While classical chemotherapeutics …

Viruses as tools in gene therapy, vaccine development, and cancer treatment

M bin Umair, FN Akusa, H Kashif, F Butt, M Azhar… - Archives of …, 2022 - Springer
Using viruses to our advantage has been a huge leap for humanity. Their ability to mediate
horizontal gene transfer has made them useful tools for gene therapy, vaccine development …

Cell-cell fusion mediated by viruses and HERV-derived fusogens in cancer initiation and progression

T Dittmar, J Weiler, T Luo, R Hass - Cancers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Even though it is known that (cancer) cells can fuse, it is still less
understood how (cancer) cells merge their plasma membranes, thereby giving rise to bi-and …

RNA viruses as tools in gene therapy and vaccine development

K Lundstrom - Genes, 2019 - mdpi.com
RNA viruses have been subjected to substantial engineering efforts to support gene therapy
applications and vaccine development. Typically, retroviruses, lentiviruses, alphaviruses …

Development of oncolytic virotherapy: From genetic modification to combination therapy

Q Lan, S Xia, Q Wang, W Xu, H Huang, S Jiang… - Frontiers of Medicine, 2020 - Springer
Oncolytic virotherapy (OVT) is a novel form of immunotherapy using natural or genetically
modified viruses to selectively replicate in and kill malignant cells. Many genetically modified …