Advances in immunotherapy for glioblastoma multiforme

AB Mahmoud, R Ajina, S Aref, M Darwish… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is the most common and aggressive malignant brain tumor
of the central nervous system and has a very poor prognosis. The current standard of care …

Herpes simplex viruses

RJ Whitley, DW Kimberlin, B Roizman - Clinical Infectious Diseases, 1998 - JSTOR
Herpes simplex virus (HSV) infections of humans were first documented in ancient Greece.
Greek scholars, particularly Hippocrates, used the word" herpes," meaning to creep or crawl …

Conditionally replicating herpes simplex virus mutant, G207 for the treatment of malignant glioma: results of a phase I trial

JM Markert, MD Medlock, SD Rabkin, GY Gillespie… - Gene therapy, 2000 - nature.com
G207 is a conditionally replicating derivative of herpes simplex virus (HSV) type-1 strain F
engineered with deletions of both γ 1 34.5 loci and a lacZ insertion disabling the UL 39 …

Oncolytic herpes simplex virus vector with enhanced MHC class I presentation and tumor cell killing

T Todo, RL Martuza, SD Rabkin… - Proceedings of the …, 2001 - National Acad Sciences
Oncolytic herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) vectors are promising therapeutic agents for
cancer. Their efficacy depends on the extent of both intratumoral viral replication and …

Recent progress in the battle between oncolytic viruses and tumours

KA Parato, D Senger, PAJ Forsyth, JC Bell - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2005 - nature.com
In the past 5 years, the field of oncolytic virus research has matured significantly and is
moving past the stage of being a laboratory novelty into a new era of preclinical and clinical …

Phase Ib trial of mutant herpes simplex virus G207 inoculated pre-and post-tumor resection for recurrent GBM

JM Markert, PG Liechty, W Wang, S Gaston, E Braz… - Molecular Therapy, 2009 - cell.com
We have previously demonstrated safety of G207, a doubly mutated (deletion of both γ 1
34.5 loci, insertional inactivation of UL 39) herpes simplex virus (HSV) for patients …

[HTML][HTML] Oncolytic virotherapy for the treatment of malignant glioma

PM Foreman, GK Friedman, KA Cassady, JM Markert - Neurotherapeutics, 2017 - Elsevier
Malignant glioma is the most common primary brain tumor and carries a grim prognosis, with
a median survival of just over 14 months. Given the poor outcomes with standard-of-care …

Oncolytic herpes simplex virus vectors for cancer virotherapy

S Varghese, SD Rabkin - Cancer gene therapy, 2002 - nature.com
Oncolytic herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) vectors are emerging as an effective and
powerful therapeutic approach for cancer. Replication-competent HSV-1 vectors with …

Oncogenes in Ras signalling pathway dictate host-cell permissiveness to herpes simplex virus 1

F Farassati, AD Yang, PWK Lee - Nature cell biology, 2001 - nature.com
The importance of herpes simplex viruses (HSV) as human pathogens and the emerging
prospect of using mutant derivatives of HSV-1 as potential anti-cancer therapeutics have …

Atrx deletion impairs CGAS/STING signaling and increases sarcoma response to radiation and oncolytic herpesvirus

W Floyd, M Pierpoint, C Su, R Patel… - The Journal of …, 2023 - Am Soc Clin Investig
ATRX is one of the most frequently altered genes in solid tumors, and mutation is especially
frequent in soft tissue sarcomas. However, the role of ATRX in tumor development and …