Monkeypox: disease epidemiology, host immunity and clinical interventions

FM Lum, A Torres-Ruesta, MZ Tay, RTP Lin… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
Monkeypox virus (MPXV), which causes disease in humans, has for many years been
restricted to the African continent, with only a handful of sporadic cases in other parts of the …

Vaccinia virus-mediated cancer immunotherapy: cancer vaccines and oncolytics

ZS Guo, B Lu, Z Guo, E Giehl, M Feist, E Dai… - … for immunotherapy of …, 2019 - Springer
Cancer vaccines and oncolytic immunotherapy are promising treatment strategies with
potential to provide greater clinical benefit to patients with advanced-stage cancer. In …

Characterization of virus-mediated immunogenic cancer cell death and the consequences for oncolytic virus-based immunotherapy of cancer

J Ma, M Ramachandran, C Jin, C Quijano-Rubio… - Cell death & …, 2020 - nature.com
Oncolytic viruses have the potential to induce immunogenic cell death (ICD) that may
provoke potent and long-lasting anti-cancer immunity. Here we aimed to characterize the …

Viral-mediated activation and inhibition of programmed cell death

SG Verburg, RM Lelievre, MJ Westerveld… - PLoS …, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Viruses are ubiquitous intracellular genetic parasites that heavily rely on the infected cell to
complete their replication life cycle. This dependency on the host machinery forces viruses …

Superagonist IL-15-armed oncolytic virus elicits potent antitumor immunity and therapy that are enhanced with PD-1 blockade

SJ Kowalsky, Z Liu, M Feist, SE Berkey, C Ma… - Molecular Therapy, 2018 - cell.com
Oncolytic immunotherapy is a promising novel therapeutic for cancer, and further preclinical
studies may maximize its therapeutic efficacy. In this study, we construct a novel oncolytic …

Engineering gene therapy: advances and barriers

A Shahryari, I Burtscher, Z Nazari… - Advanced …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Currently, 33 gene‐therapy drugs/products have been approved in the clinic. Over
3000 completed and ongoing clinical gene therapy trials have been reported worldwide …

[HTML][HTML] Preclinical and clinical trials of oncolytic vaccinia virus in cancer immunotherapy: a comprehensive review

M Li, M Zhang, Q Ye, Y Liu, W Qian - Cancer biology & medicine, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Oncolytic virotherapy has emerged as a promising treatment for human cancers owing to an
ability to elicit curative effects via systemic administration. Tumor cells often create an …

[HTML][HTML] Highly attenuated poxvirus-based vaccines against emerging viral diseases

B Perdiguero, P Pérez, L Marcos-Villar… - Journal of Molecular …, 2023 - Elsevier
Although one member of the poxvirus family, variola virus, has caused one of the most
devastating human infections worldwide, smallpox, the knowledge gained over the last 30 …

Poxviral strategies to overcome host cell apoptosis

CD Suraweera, MG Hinds, M Kvansakul - Pathogens, 2020 - mdpi.com
Apoptosis is a form of cellular suicide initiated either via extracellular (extrinsic apoptosis) or
intracellular (intrinsic apoptosis) cues. This form of programmed cell death plays a crucial …

Phosphorylation of ERK-dependent NF-κB triggers NLRP3 inflammasome mediated by vimentin in EV71-infected glioblastoma cells

Z Gong, X Gao, Q Yang, J Lun, H Xiao, J Zhong, H Cao - Molecules, 2022 - mdpi.com
Enterovirus 71 (EV71) is a dominant pathogenic agent that may cause severe central
nervous system (CNS) diseases among infants and young children in the Asia-pacific. The …