[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 …

Oncolytic vaccinia virus and cancer immunotherapy

L Xu, H Sun, NR Lemoine, Y Xuan, P Wang - Frontiers in Immunology, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Oncolytic virotherapy (OVT) is a promising form of cancer treatment that uses genetically
engineered viruses to replicate within cancer cells and trigger anti-tumor immune response …

The use of oncolytic vaccinia viruses in the treatment of cancer: a new role for an old ally?

SH Thorne, DL Bartlett, DH Kirn - Current gene therapy, 2005 - ingentaconnect.com
The use of genetically engineered, tumor-targeting viruses as oncolytic agents has recently
emerged as a promising new area for the development of novel cancer therapies. The first …

The mechanisms of genetically modified vaccinia viruses for the treatment of cancer

A Jefferson, VE Cadet, A Hielscher - Critical reviews in oncology …, 2015 - Elsevier
The use of oncolytic viruses for the treatment of cancer is an emerging field of cancer
research and therapy. Oncolytic viruses are designed to induce tumor specific immunity …

Engineering vaccinia virus as an immunotherapeutic battleship to overcome tumor heterogeneity

A Pelin, S Boulton, LA Tamming, JC Bell… - Expert Opinion on …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction Immunotherapy is a rapidly evolving area of cancer therapeutics aimed at
driving a systemic immune response to fight cancer. Oncolytic viruses (OVs) are at 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 …

Deletion of immunomodulatory genes as a novel approach to oncolytic vaccinia virus development

TY Ho, D Mealiea, L Okamoto, DF Stojdl… - Molecular Therapy …, 2021 - cell.com
Vaccinia virus (VV) has emerged as a promising platform for oncolytic virotherapy. Many
clinical VV candidates, such as the double-deleted VV, vvDD, are engineered with deletions …

[HTML][HTML] Immunotherapeutic potential of oncolytic vaccinia virus

SH Thorne - Frontiers in oncology, 2014 - frontiersin.org
The concept of oncolytic viral therapy was based on the hypothesis that engineering tumor-
selectivity into the replication potential of viruses would permit direct destruction of tumor …

Progress in gene therapy using oncolytic vaccinia virus as vectors

X Yang, B Huang, L Deng, Z Hu - Journal of cancer research and clinical …, 2018 - Springer
Background Vaccinia virus was widely used in the World Health Organization's smallpox
eradication campaign and is currently a promising vector for gene therapy owing to its …

[HTML][HTML] Combination of virotherapy and T-cell therapy: arming oncolytic virus with T-cell engagers

XT Song - Discovery medicine, 2013 - discoverymedicine.com
While cure rates for several cancers have significantly improved, the outcome for patients
with advanced solid tumors remains grimly unchanged over the last decades. Thus, there is …