The emerging field of oncolytic virus-based cancer immunotherapy

R Ma, Z Li, EA Chiocca, MA Caligiuri, J Yu - Trends in cancer, 2023 - cell.com
Oncolytic viruses (OVs) provide novel and promising therapeutic options for patients with
cancers resistant to traditional therapies. Natural or genetically modified OVs are …

Oncolytic viruses: a new class of immunotherapy drugs

HL Kaufman, FJ Kohlhapp, A Zloza - Nature reviews Drug discovery, 2015 - nature.com
Oncolytic viruses represent a new class of therapeutic agents that promote anti-tumour
responses through a dual mechanism of action that is dependent on selective tumour cell …

Oncolytic viruses in cancer treatment: a review

SE Lawler, MC Speranza, CF Cho, EA Chiocca - JAMA oncology, 2017 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Oncolytic viruses (OVs) are emerging as important agents in cancer treatment.
Oncolytic viruses offer the attractive therapeutic combination of tumor-specific cell lysis …

Neoadjuvant oncolytic virotherapy before surgery sensitizes triple-negative breast cancer to immune checkpoint therapy

MC Bourgeois-Daigneault, DG Roy, AS Aitken… - Science translational …, 2018 - science.org
Triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) is an aggressive disease for which treatment options
are limited and associated with severe toxicities. Immunotherapeutic approaches like …

Localized oncolytic virotherapy overcomes systemic tumor resistance to immune checkpoint blockade immunotherapy

D Zamarin, RB Holmgaard, SK Subudhi… - Science translational …, 2014 - science.org
Preexisting lymphocytic infiltration of tumors is associated with superior prognostic outcomes
in a variety of cancers. Recent studies also suggest that lymphocytic responses may identify …

Viral vectors in gene therapy

K Lundstrom - Diseases, 2018 - mdpi.com
Applications of viral vectors have found an encouraging new beginning in gene therapy in
recent years. Significant improvements in vector engineering, delivery, and safety have …

Newcastle disease virus (NDV) expressing the spike protein of SARS-CoV-2 as a live virus vaccine candidate

W Sun, SR Leist, S McCroskery, Y Liu, S Slamanig… - …, 2020 - thelancet.com
Background Due to the lack of protective immunity of humans towards the newly emerged
SARS-CoV-2, this virus has caused a massive pandemic across the world resulting in …

A Phase I Study of OncoVEXGM-CSF, a Second-Generation Oncolytic Herpes Simplex Virus Expressing Granulocyte Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor

JCC Hu, RS Coffin, CJ Davis, NJ Graham, N Groves… - Clinical cancer …, 2006 - AACR
Purpose: To conduct a phase I clinical trial with a second-generation oncolytic herpes
simplex virus (HSV) expressing granulocyte macrophage colony-stimulating factor (Onco …

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 I/II trial of intravenous NDV-HUJ oncolytic virus in recurrent glioblastoma multiforme

AI Freeman, Z Zakay-Rones, JM Gomori, E Linetsky… - Molecular therapy, 2006 - cell.com
We undertook a Phase I/II trial in patients with apparent recurrent glioblastoma multiforme
(GBM) based on imaging studies to determine the safety and tumor response of repetitive …