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Oncolytic Virus-Based Cytokine Expression to Improve Immune Activity in Brain and Solid Tumors.

ABSTRACT: Oncolytic viral therapy has gained significant traction as cancer therapy over the past 2 decades. Oncolytic viruses are uniquely designed both to lyse tumor cells through their replication and to recruit immune responses against virally infected cells. Increasingly, investigators are leveraging this immune response to target the immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment and improve immune effector response against bystander tumor cells. In this article, we review the spectrum of preclinical, early-stage clinical, and potential future efforts with cytokine-secreting oncolytic viruses, with a focus on the treatment of brain tumors and solid tumors.

SUBMITTER: Pearl TM

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6453942 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Oncolytic Virus-Based Cytokine Expression to Improve Immune Activity in Brain and Solid Tumors.

Pearl Taylor M TM Markert James M JM Cassady Kevin A KA Ghonime Mohammed G MG

Molecular therapy oncolytics 20190320

Oncolytic viral therapy has gained significant traction as cancer therapy over the past 2 decades. Oncolytic viruses are uniquely designed both to lyse tumor cells through their replication and to recruit immune responses against virally infected cells. Increasingly, investigators are leveraging this immune response to target the immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment and improve immune effector response against bystander tumor cells. In this article, we review the spectrum of preclinical, ear ...[more]

PMID: 30997392

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