Oncolytic viruses: exploiting cancer's deal with the devil

LA Pikor, JC Bell, JS Diallo - Trends in cancer, 2015 - cell.com
Tumor cells harbor tens to thousands of genetic and epigenetic alterations that disrupt
cellular pathways, providing them with growth and survival advantages. However, these …

From scourge to cure: tumour-selective viral pathogenesis as a new strategy against cancer

CS Ilkow, SL Swift, JC Bell, JS Diallo - PLoS pathogens, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Tumour mutations corrupt cellular pathways, and accumulate to disrupt, dysregulate, and
ultimately avoid mechanisms of cellular control. Yet the very changes that tumour cells …

Improving antitumor efficacy via combinatorial regimens of oncolytic virotherapy

B Zhang, P Cheng - Molecular cancer, 2020 - Springer
As a promising therapeutic strategy, oncolytic virotherapy has shown potent anticancer
efficacy in numerous pre-clinical and clinical trials. Oncolytic viruses have the capacity for …

To infection and beyond: the multi-pronged anti-cancer mechanisms of oncolytic viruses

KA Cassady, KB Haworth, J Jackson, JM Markert… - Viruses, 2016 - mdpi.com
Over the past 1–2 decades we have witnessed a resurgence of efforts to therapeutically
exploit the attributes of lytic viruses to infect and kill tumor cells while sparing normal cells …

Chemotherapy and oncolytic virotherapy: advanced tactics in the war against cancer

A Nguyen, L Ho, Y Wan - Frontiers in oncology, 2014 - frontiersin.org
Cancer is a traitorous archenemy that threatens our survival. Its ability to evade detection
and adapt to various cancer therapies means that it is a moving target that becomes …

Oncolytic virotherapy: From bench to bedside

L Yang, X Gu, J Yu, S Ge, X Fan - Frontiers in Cell and …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Oncolytic viruses are naturally occurring or genetically engineered viruses that can replicate
preferentially in tumor cells and inhibit tumor growth. These viruses have been considered …

Immune recruitment and therapeutic synergy: keys to optimizing oncolytic viral therapy?

JD Naik, CJ Twelves, PJ Selby, RG Vile… - Clinical Cancer Research, 2011 - AACR
Oncolytic viruses consist of a diverse range of DNA and RNA viruses traditionally thought to
mediate their effects by exploiting aberrations in tumor pathways, allowing preferential viral …

Virus–receptor interactions and virus neutralization: insights for oncolytic virus development

N Jayawardena, JT Poirier, LN Burga… - Oncolytic …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Oncolytic viruses (OVs) are replication competent agents that selectively target cancer cells.
After penetrating the tumor cell, viruses replicate and eventually trigger cell lysis, releasing …

Trial watch: Oncolytic viruses for cancer therapy

E Vacchelli, A Eggermont, C Sautes-Fridman… - …, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
Oncolytic virotherapy is emerging as a promising approach for the treatment of several
neoplasms. The term “oncolytic viruses” is generally employed to indicate naturally …

Oncolytic viruses driven by tumor-specific promoters

J Hardcastle, K Kurozumi… - Current cancer drug …, 2007 - ingentaconnect.com
Oncolytic viruses can selectively replicate in and lead to tumor cell lysis with minimal
infection/replication potential in adjoining non-neoplastic tissue. Because of paramount …