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ArticleCancer gene therapy2006

Enhanced therapeutic efficacy of IL-12, but not GM-CSF, expressing oncolytic herpes simplex virus for transgenic mouse derived prostate cancers.

S Varghese, S D Rabkin, R Liu, P G Nielsen, T Ipe, R L Martuza

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Article in Cancer gene therapy, 2006. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 67 papers.

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67citing papers in PubMed
1.8field-weighted citation impact, top 15% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

67 citing papers in PubMed, 112 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

S VargheseDepartment of Neurosurgery, Molecular Neurosurgery Laboratory, Massachusetts General Hospital, Charlestown, 02129, USA.
S D Rabkin
R Liu
P G Nielsen
T Ipe
R L Martuza
Harvard University · USMassachusetts General Hospital · US

Funding

Genetically Engineered Viruses for Prostate Cancer TherapyR01CA102139 · NCI · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI MARTUZA, ROBERT L · 2004 to 2014
$3.3M
NCI NIH HHS 1R01CA102139-01A1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Replication competent oncolytic herpes simplex viruses (HSV) with broad-spectrum activity against various cancers, including prostate cancer, exert a dual effect by their direct cytocidal action and by eliciting tumor-specific immunity. These viruses can deliver immunoregulatory molecules to tumors so as to enhance the cumulative antitumor response. This is particularly desirable for prostate cancers, which are usually poorly immunogenic. Initial studies described herein comparing the efficacy of three different oncolytic HSVs (G207, G47Delta, and NV1023) to inhibit the growth of the poorly immunogenic TRAMP-C2 mouse prostate tumors demonstrated that NV1023 was most effective in treating established tumors. The expression of IL-12 on an NV1023 background (NV1042), but not the expression of GM-CSF (NV1034), further enhanced the efficacy of NV1023 in two murine prostate cancer models with highly variable MHC class I levels, Pr14-2 with 91% and TRAMP-C2 with 2% of cells staining. NV1042 also inhibited the growth of distant noninoculated tumors in both prostate cancer models. NV1042 treated tumors exhibited increased immune cell infiltration and decreased levels of angiogenesis. Thus, an IL-12 expressing oncolytic herpes virus, which is capable of direct cytotoxicity and can modulate the otherwise suboptimal immune response through concomitant expression of the cytokine at the site of tumor destruction, could serve as a valuable clinical agent to seek out both overt and occult prostate cancers.

Indexed as

Genetic TherapyOncolytic VirotherapyAnimalsCombined Modality TherapyGenes, MHC Class IGenetic VectorsGranulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating FactorHerpesvirus 1, HumanHumansInterferon-gammaInterleukin-12MaleMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMice, TransgenicOncolytic VirusesGranulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating FactorInterferon-gammaInterleukin-12

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PMID16179929
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