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 …

Oncolytic viruses encoding bispecific T cell engagers: a blueprint for emerging immunovirotherapies

JPW Heidbuechel, CE Engeland - Journal of hematology & oncology, 2021 - Springer
Bispecific T cell engagers (BiTEs) are an innovative class of immunotherapeutics that
redirect T cells to tumor surface antigens. While efficacious against certain hematological …

[HTML][HTML] Talimogene laherparepvec: moving from first-in-class to best-in-class

HL Kaufman, SZ Shalhout, G Iodice - Frontiers in Molecular …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Talimogene laherparepvec (T-VEC) is a modified oncolytic herpes Simplex virus, type 1
(HSV-1) encoding granulocyte-macrophage colony stimulating factor (GM-CSF). T-VEC is …

Neoadjuvant nivolumab+ T-VEC combination therapy for resectable early stage or metastatic (IIIB-IVM1a) melanoma with injectable disease: study protocol of the …

MW Rohaan, EHA Stahlie, V Franke, LP Zijlker… - BMC cancer, 2022 - Springer
Background Trials investigating neoadjuvant treatment with immune checkpoint inhibitors
(ICI) in patients with melanoma have shown high clinical and pathologic response rates …

[HTML][HTML] Breaking the barriers in cancer care: The next generation of herpes simplex virus-based oncolytic immunotherapies for cancer treatment

NI Khushalani, KJ Harrington, A Melcher… - Molecular Therapy …, 2023 - cell.com
Since the US Food and Drug Administration first approved talimogene laherparepvec for the
treatment of melanoma in 2015, the field of oncolytic immunotherapy (OI) has rapidly …

[HTML][HTML] Clinical characteristics and therapy response in unresectable melanoma patients stage IIIB-IIID with in-transit and satellite metastases

A Zaremba, M Philip, JC Hassel, V Glutsch… - European Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Introduction Cutaneous melanoma is notorious for the development of in-transit metastases
(ITM). For unknown biological reasons, ITM remain the leading tumour manifestation without …

[HTML][HTML] Improving immunovirotherapies: the intersection of mathematical modelling and experiments

CE Engeland, JPW Heidbuechel, RP Araujo… - ImmunoInformatics, 2022 - Elsevier
Combined oncolytic virotherapy and immunotherapy (immunovirotherapy) protocols
represent a promising treatment strategy for a range of cancers and offer many advantages …

[HTML][HTML] The impact of hyaluronan on tumor progression in cutaneous melanoma

P Takabe, H Siiskonen, A Rönkä, K Kainulainen… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The incidence of cutaneous melanoma is rapidly increasing worldwide. Cutaneous
melanoma is an aggressive type of skin cancer, which originates from malignant …

Single agent Talimogene Laherparepvec for stage IIIB-IVM1c melanoma patients: A systematic review and meta-analysis

EHA Stahlie, EEAP Mulder, S Reijers… - Critical Reviews in …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Single-agent Talimogene Laherparepvec (T-VEC) was developed for treatment of
unresectable and injectable stage III-IV melanoma. Since its approval and reimbursement …

Enhancing the HSV-1-mediated antitumor immune response by suppressing Bach1

C Pan, Q Cai, X Li, L Li, L Yang, Y Chen, J Liu… - Cellular & Molecular …, 2022 - nature.com
Background In 2015, herpes simplex virus 1 (HSV-1)-derived talimogene laherparepvec (T-
VEC) was the first oncolytic virus approved by the US Food and Drug Administration as a …