Emerging therapies for glioblastoma: current state and future directions

L Rong, N Li, Z Zhang - Journal of Experimental & Clinical Cancer …, 2022 - Springer
Glioblastoma (GBM) is the most common high-grade primary malignant brain tumor with an
extremely poor prognosis. Given the poor survival with currently approved treatments for …

Oncolytic viro-immunotherapy: an emerging option in the treatment of gliomas

J Zeng, X Li, M Sander, H Zhang, G Yan… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The prognosis of malignant gliomas remains poor, with median survival fewer than 20
months and a 5-year survival rate merely 5%. Their primary location in the central nervous …

[HTML][HTML] Zika virus targets glioblastoma stem cells through a SOX2-integrin αvβ5 axis

Z Zhu, P Mesci, JA Bernatchez, RC Gimple, X Wang… - Cell stem cell, 2020 - cell.com
Zika virus (ZIKV) causes microcephaly by killing neural precursor cells (NPCs) and other
brain cells. ZIKV also displays therapeutic oncolytic activity against glioblastoma (GBM) stem …

Delivery and biosafety of oncolytic virotherapy

L Li, S Liu, D Han, B Tang, J Ma - Frontiers in oncology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
In recent years, oncolytic virotherapy has emerged as a promising anticancer therapy.
Oncolytic viruses destroy cancer cells, without damaging normal tissues, through virus self …

Recent developments in glioblastoma therapy: oncolytic viruses and emerging future strategies

A Hamad, GM Yusubalieva, VP Baklaushev… - Viruses, 2023 - mdpi.com
Glioblastoma is the most aggressive form of malignant brain tumor. Standard treatment
protocols and traditional immunotherapy are poorly effective as they do not significantly …

Flaviviridae Viruses and Oxidative Stress: Implications for Viral Pathogenesis

Z Zhang, L Rong, YP Li - Oxidative medicine and cellular …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Oxidative stress is induced once the balance of generation and neutralization of reactive
oxygen species (ROS) is broken in the cell, and it plays crucial roles in a variety of natural …

[HTML][HTML] Zika virus oncolytic activity requires CD8+ T cells and is boosted by immune checkpoint blockade

S Nair, L Mazzoccoli, A Jash, J Govero, SS Bais, T Hu… - JCI insight, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is a fatal human cancer in part because GBM stem cells are
resistant to therapy and recurrence is inevitable. Previously, we demonstrated Zika virus …

Antiviral responses in cancer: boosting antitumor immunity through activation of interferon pathway in the tumor microenvironment

GAF Vitiello, WAS Ferreira… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
In recent years, it became apparent that cancers either associated with viral infections or
aberrantly expressing endogenous retroviral elements (EREs) are more immunogenic …

Modeling glioblastoma complexity with organoids for personalized treatments

KD Pawlowski, JT Duffy, MV Babak… - Trends in molecular …, 2023 - cell.com
Glioblastoma (GBM) remains a fatal diagnosis despite the current standard of care of
maximal surgical resection, radiation, and temozolomide (TMZ) therapy. One aspect that …

Oncolytic Zika virus promotes intratumoral T cell infiltration and improves immunotherapy efficacy in glioblastoma

L Chen, C Zhou, Q Chen, J Shang, Z Liu, Y Guo… - Molecular Therapy …, 2022 - cell.com
Glioblastoma (GBM) is the deadliest primary brain tumor and is generally resistant to
immunotherapy because of severe dysfunction of T cells. Novel treatment options are …