Gene therapy and targeted toxins for glioma

MG Castro, M Candolfi, KM Kroeger… - Current gene …, 2011 - ingentaconnect.com
The most common primary brain tumor in adults is glioblastoma. These tumors are highly
invasive and aggressive with a mean survival time of 15-18 months from diagnosis to death …

Tissue-specific promoters for cancer gene therapy

K Saukkonen, A Hemminki - Expert opinion on biological therapy, 2004 - Taylor & Francis
Adenoviral cancer gene therapy approaches have resulted in promising recent results.
Following only a decade of intense development, some of the crucial obstacles are now …

Design and selection of Toca 511 for clinical use: modified retroviral replicating vector with improved stability and gene expression

OD Perez, CR Logg, K Hiraoka, O Diago, R Burnett… - Molecular Therapy, 2012 - cell.com
Retroviral replicating vectors (RRVs) are a nonlytic alternative to oncolytic replicating viruses
as anticancer agents, being selective both for dividing cells and for cells that have defects in …

Single-shot, multicycle suicide gene therapy by replication-competent retrovirus vectors achieves long-term survival benefit in experimental glioma

CK Tai, WJ Wang, TC Chen, N Kasahara - Molecular Therapy, 2005 - cell.com
Achieving therapeutically efficacious levels of gene transfer in tumors has been a major
obstacle for cancer gene therapy using replication-defective virus vectors. Recently …

Retroviral replicating vector–mediated gene therapy achieves long-term control of tumor recurrence and leads to durable anticancer immunity

K Hiraoka, A Inagaki, Y Kato, TT Huang… - Neuro …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Background. Prodrug-activator gene therapy with Toca 511, a tumor-selective retroviral
replicating vector (RRV) encoding yeast cytosine deaminase, is being evaluated in recurrent …

Recent progress in the research of suicide gene therapy for malignant glioma

R Tamura, H Miyoshi, K Yoshida, H Okano… - Neurosurgical review, 2021 - Springer
Malignant glioma, which is characterized by diffuse infiltration into the normal brain
parenchyma, is the most aggressive primary brain tumor with dismal prognosis. Over the …

Lessons learned from phase 3 trials of immunotherapy for glioblastoma: Time for longitudinal sampling?

E Chen, AL Ling, DA Reardon, EA Chiocca - Neuro-oncology, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Glioblastoma (GBM)'s median overall survival is almost 21 months. Six phase 3
immunotherapy clinical trials have recently been published, yet 5/6 did not meet approval by …

Optimal delivery of RNA interference by viral vectors for cancer therapy

B Wong, R Birtch, R Rezaei, T Jamieson, MJF Crupi… - Molecular Therapy, 2023 - cell.com
In recent years, there has been a surge in the innovative modification and application of the
viral vector-based gene therapy field. Significant and consistent improvements in the …

Intravenous administration of retroviral replicating vector, Toca 511, demonstrates therapeutic efficacy in orthotopic immune-competent mouse glioma model

TT Huang, S Parab, R Burnett, O Diago… - Human gene …, 2015 - liebertpub.com
Abstract Toca 511 (vocimagene amiretrorepvec), a nonlytic, amphotropic retroviral
replicating vector (RRV), encodes and delivers a functionally optimized yeast cytosine …

Therapeutic Efficacy of Replication-Competent Retrovirus Vector–Mediated Suicide Gene Therapy in a Multifocal Colorectal Cancer Metastasis Model

K Hiraoka, T Kimura, CR Logg, CK Tai, K Haga… - Cancer research, 2007 - AACR
Replication-competent retrovirus (RCR) vectors are intrinsically incapable of infecting
quiescent cells and have been shown to achieve highly efficient and tumor-restricted …