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ArticleTranslational research : the journal of laboratory and clinical medicine2013

Current status of gene therapy for brain tumors.

Andrea M Murphy, Samuel D Rabkin

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Article in Translational research : the journal of laboratory and clinical medicine, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 32 papers.

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32citing papers in PubMed
4.5field-weighted citation impact, top 5% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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32 citing papers in PubMed, 63 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Andrea M MurphyBrain Tumor Research Center, Molecular Neurosurgery Laboratory, Department of Neurosurgery, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA.
Samuel D Rabkin
Harvard University · US

Funding

GENETICALLY ENGINEERED VIRUSES FOR BRAIN TUMOR THERAPYR01NS032677 · NINDS · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI MARTUZA, ROBERT L · 1994 to 2022
$9.0M
Targeting Tumorigenic Pathways in Glioblastoma with Oncolytic HSVR01CA160762 · NCI · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI RABKIN, SAMUEL DAVID · 2012 to 2023
$3.7M
Selective Differentiation of Glioblastoma Stem CellsR21CA164726 · NCI · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI RABKIN, SAMUEL DAVID · 2012 to 2013
$423k
NCI NIH HHS R01 CA160762NCI NIH HHS R21 CA164726NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS032677
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Glioblastoma (GBM) is the most common and deadliest primary brain tumor in adults, with current treatments having limited impact on disease progression. Therefore the development of alternative treatment options is greatly needed. Gene therapy is a treatment strategy that relies on the delivery of genetic material, usually transgenes or viruses, into cells for therapeutic purposes, and has been applied to GBM with increasing promise. We have included selectively replication-competent oncolytic viruses within this strategy, although the virus acts directly as a complex biologic anti-tumor agent rather than as a classic gene delivery vehicle. GBM is a good candidate for gene therapy because tumors remain locally within the brain and only rarely metastasize to other tissues; the majority of cells in the brain are post-mitotic, which allows for specific targeting of dividing tumor cells; and tumors can often be accessed neurosurgically for administration of therapy. Delivery vehicles used for brain tumors include nonreplicating viral vectors, normal adult stem/progenitor cells, and oncolytic viruses. The therapeutic transgenes or viruses are typically cytotoxic or express prodrug activating suicide genes to kill glioma cells, immunostimulatory to induce or amplify anti-tumor immune responses, and/or modify the tumor microenvironment such as blocking angiogenesis. This review describes current preclinical and clinical gene therapy strategies for the treatment of glioma.

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AnimalsBrain NeoplasmsClinical Trials as TopicGenetic TherapyGene Transfer TechniquesGlioblastomaHumansTumor Microenvironment

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PMID23246627
PMCPMC3733107
OpenAlexW2025568235

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