Therapy with oncolytic viruses: progress and challenges

SZ Shalhout, DM Miller, KS Emerick… - Nature reviews Clinical …, 2023 - nature.com
Oncolytic viruses (OVs) are an emerging class of cancer therapeutics that offer the benefits
of selective replication in tumour cells, delivery of multiple eukaryotic transgene payloads …

The Notch signaling pathway: a potential target for cancer immunotherapy

X Li, X Yan, Y Wang, B Kaur, H Han, J Yu - Journal of hematology & …, 2023 - Springer
Dysregulation of the Notch signaling pathway, which is highly conserved across species,
can drive aberrant epigenetic modification, transcription, and translation. Defective gene …

A dual‐responsive STAT3 inhibitor nanoprodrug combined with oncolytic virus elicits synergistic antitumor immune responses by igniting pyroptosis

W Su, W Qiu, SJ Li, S Wang, J Xie, QC Yang… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Immune checkpoint blockade (ICB) therapy shows excellent efficacy against malignancies;
however, insufficient tumor immunogenicity and the immunosuppressive tumor …

Nanomedicine embraces cancer radio-immunotherapy: mechanism, design, recent advances, and clinical translation

H Li, Q Luo, H Zhang, X Ma, Z Gu, Q Gong… - Chemical Society …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Cancer radio-immunotherapy, integrating external/internal radiation therapy with immuno-
oncology treatments, emerges in the current management of cancer. A growing number of …

Macrophages in recurrent glioblastoma as a prognostic factor in the synergistic system of the tumor microenvironment

N Montemurro, B Pahwa, A Tayal, A Shukla… - Neurology …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Glioblastoma (GBM) is a common and highly malignant primary tumor of the central nervous
system in adults. Ever more recent papers are focusing on understanding the role of the …

Potential targeting of the tumor microenvironment to improve cancer virotherapy

ZX Liao, SH Hsu, SC Tang, I Kempson, PC Yang… - Pharmacology & …, 2023 - Elsevier
In 2015, oncolytic virotherapy was approved for clinical use, and in 2017, recombinant
adeno-associated virus (AAV) delivery was also approved. However, systemic …

Rat and mouse brain tumor models for experimental neuro-oncology research

U Sahu, RF Barth, Y Otani… - … of Neuropathology & …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Rodent brain tumor models have been useful for developing effective therapies for
glioblastomas (GBMs). In this review, we first discuss the 3 most commonly used rat brain …

The glioma immune landscape: A double-edged sword for treatment regimens

S Mahajan, MHH Schmidt, U Schumann - Cancers, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Glioblastoma (GBM) is the most severe and aggressive form of primary
brain tumor with a poor prognosis. Currently, the treatment for GBM treatment involves …

Oncolytic virus therapy for malignant gliomas: entering the new era

H Fudaba, H Wakimoto - Expert Opinion on Biological Therapy, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction To overcome the challenge of treating malignant brain tumors, oncolytic viruses
(OVs) represent an innovative therapeutic approach, featuring unique mechanisms of action …

Immunosuppressive cells in oncolytic virotherapy for glioma: challenges and solutions

J Liu, R Piranlioglu, F Ye, K Shu, T Lei… - Frontiers in Cellular …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Glioblastoma is a highly aggressive form of brain cancer characterized by the abundance of
myeloid lineage cells in the tumor microenvironment. Tumor-associated macrophages and …