Oncolytic viruses in cancer therapy

MJV Vähä-Koskela, JE Heikkilä, AE Hinkkanen - Cancer letters, 2007 - Elsevier
Oncolytic virotherapy is a promising form of gene therapy for cancer, employing nature's own
agents to find and destroy malignant cells. The purpose of this review is to provide an …

Combining p53 mRNA nanotherapy with immune checkpoint blockade reprograms the immune microenvironment for effective cancer therapy

Y Xiao, J Chen, H Zhou, X Zeng, Z Ruan, Z Pu… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Immunotherapy with immune checkpoint blockade (ICB) has shown limited benefits in
hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and other cancers, mediated in part by the …

Current issues and future directions of oncolytic adenoviruses

M Yamamoto, DT Curiel - Molecular Therapy, 2010 - cell.com
Oncolytic adenoviruses (Ads) constitute a promising new class of anticancer agent. They are
based on the well-studied adenoviral vector system, which lends itself to concept-driven …

Synthetic mRNA nanoparticle-mediated restoration of p53 tumor suppressor sensitizes p53-deficient cancers to mTOR inhibition

N Kong, W Tao, X Ling, J Wang, Y Xiao, S Shi… - Science Translational …, 2019 - science.org
Loss of function in tumor suppressor genes is commonly associated with the
onset/progression of cancer and treatment resistance. The p53 tumor suppressor gene, a …

Mesenchymal stem cell–mediated delivery of an oncolytic adenovirus enhances antitumor efficacy in hepatocellular carcinoma

AR Yoon, JW Hong, Y Li, HC Shin, H Lee, HS Kim… - Cancer research, 2019 - AACR
Oncolytic virotherapy is a promising alternative to conventional treatment, yet systemic
delivery of these viruses to tumors remains a major challenge. In this regard, mesenchymal …

Directed evolution generates a novel oncolytic virus for the treatment of colon cancer

I Kuhn, P Harden, M Bauzon, C Chartier, J Nye… - PloS one, 2008 - journals.plos.org
Background Viral-mediated oncolysis is a novel cancer therapeutic approach with the
potential to be more effective and less toxic than current therapies due to the agents …

Chemotherapeutic compounds targeting the DNA double-strand break repair pathways: the good, the bad, and the promising

C Jekimovs, E Bolderson, A Suraweera… - Frontiers in …, 2014 - frontiersin.org
The repair of DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs) is a critical cellular mechanism that exists to
ensure genomic stability. DNA DSBs are the most deleterious type of insult to a cell's genetic …

Systemic therapy of malignant human melanoma tumors by a common cold-producing enterovirus, coxsackievirus a21

DR Shafren, GG Au, T Nguyen, NG Newcombe… - Clinical cancer …, 2004 - AACR
Purpose: The incidence of malignant melanoma continues to increase worldwide; however,
treatment of metastatic melanoma remains unsatisfactory, and there is an urgent need for …

GOF mutant p53 in cancers: A therapeutic challenge

L Dolma, PAJ Muller - Cancers, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary In normal cells, p53 is a protein which regulates the cell cycle progression
to ensure normal cell division, growth, and development. However, in cancer, changes in the …

Use of replicating oncolytic adenoviruses in combination therapy for cancer

RL Chu, DE Post, FR Khuri, EG Van Meir - Clinical Cancer Research, 2004 - AACR
Oncolytic virotherapy is the use of genetically engineered viruses that specifically target and
destroy tumor cells via their cytolytic replication cycle. Viral-mediated tumor destruction is …