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ArticleScientific reports2016

Local Immune Stimulation by Intravesical Instillation of Baculovirus to Enable Bladder Cancer Therapy.

Wei Xia Ang, Ying Zhao, Timothy Kwang, Chunxiao Wu, Can Chen, Han Chong Toh, Ratha Mahendran, Kesavan Esuvaranathan, Shu Wang

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Article in Scientific reports, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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9 authors.

Wei Xia AngDepartment of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore, 117543 Singapore.
Ying ZhaoInstitute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, 138669 Singapore.
Timothy KwangTessa Therapeutics, 239351 Singapore.
Chunxiao WuInstitute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, 138669 Singapore.
Can ChenTessa Therapeutics, 239351 Singapore.
Han Chong TohDivision of Medical Oncology, National Cancer Centre, 169610 Singapore.
Ratha MahendranDepartment of Surgery, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, 119074 Singapore.
Kesavan EsuvaranathanDepartment of Surgery, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, 119074 Singapore.
Shu WangDepartment of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore, 117543 Singapore.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Intravesical instillation of Bacillus Calmette-Guérin is currently used as adjuvant therapy for superficial, non-muscle invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC). However, nearly 40% of patients with NMIBC will fail Bacillus Calmette-Guérin therapy. In an attempt to investigate the feasibility of using insect baculovirus-based vectors for bladder cancer therapy, we observed that intravesical instillation of baculoviruses without transgene up-regulated a set of Th1-type of cytokines and increased the survival rate of mice bearing established orthotopic bladder tumors. When baculoviral vectors were used to co-deliver the mouse CD40 ligand and IL-15 genes through intravesical instillation, the immunogene therapy triggered significantly increased bladder infiltrations of inflammatory monocytes, CD4(+), CD8(+) and γδ T lymphocytes. All treated animals survived beyond 12 months whereas control animals died around 2 months after tumor inoculation. We conclude that direct intravesical instillation of baculoviral gene transfer vectors holds the potential to be a novel therapeutic modality for NMIBC.

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Oncolytic VirotherapyAnimalsBaculoviridaeCell Line, TumorFemaleHeterograftsHumansMiceMice, Inbred C57BLUrinary Bladder Neoplasms

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PMCPMC4897700

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