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ReviewOncotarget2017

Hitting the nail on the head: combining oncolytic adenovirus-mediated virotherapy and immunomodulation for the treatment of glioma.

Wojciech K Panek, J Robert Kane, Jacob S Young, Aida Rashidi, Julius W Kim, Deepak Kanojia, Maciej S Lesniak

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Review in Oncotarget, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
16citing papers in PubMed
3.7field-weighted citation impact, top 7% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

16 citing papers in PubMed, 30 citations in OpenAlex.

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  11. Gene Therapy Today and Tomorrow.Diseases (Basel, Switzerland) · 2019
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  14. Receptor-Targeted Glial Brain Tumor Therapies.International journal of molecular sciences · 2018
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  15. Viral Vectors in Gene Therapy.Diseases (Basel, Switzerland) · 2018
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Wojciech K PanekDepartment of Neurological Surgery, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, 60611, USA.
J Robert KaneDepartment of Neurological Surgery, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, 60611, USA.
Jacob S YoungPritzker School of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 60637, USA.
Aida RashidiDepartment of Neurological Surgery, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, 60611, USA.
Julius W KimDepartment of Neurological Surgery, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, 60611, USA.
Deepak KanojiaDepartment of Neurological Surgery, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, 60611, USA.
Maciej S LesniakDepartment of Neurological Surgery, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, 60611, USA.
Neurological Surgery · USNorthwestern University · USUniversity of Chicago · US

Funding

Therapeutic Targeting of Malignant Glioma Stem CellsR35CA197725 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO · PI LESNIAK, MACIEJ S · 2015 to 2021
$6.2M
Magnetic-vortex microdiscs for glioma therapyR01NS077388 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO · PI LESNIAK, MACIEJ S · 2012 to 2015
$2.5M
Regulatory T Cells and Oncolytic Virotherapy of GliomaR01CA122930 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO · PI LESNIAK, MACIEJ S · 2008 to 2015
$2.5M
Metabolic Control of Immune Suppression in GliomasR01NS093903 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO · PI LESNIAK, MACIEJ S · 2015 to 2019
$2.3M
Intranasal Stem-Cell Based Therapy for GlioblastomaR01NS087990 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO · PI BALYASNIKOVA, IRINA V · 2014 to 2018
$2.1M
NCI NIH HHS R01 CA122930NCI NIH HHS R35 CA197725NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS077388NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS087990NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS093903
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Glioblastoma is a highly aggressive malignant brain tumor with a poor prognosis and the median survival 14.6 months. Immunomodulatory proteins and oncolytic viruses represent two treatment approaches that have recently been developed for patients with glioblastoma that could extend patient survival and result in better treatment outcomes for patients with this disease. Together, these approaches could potentially augment the treatment efficacy and strength of these anti-tumor therapies. In addition to oncolytic activities, this combinatory approach introduces immunomodulation locally only where cancerous cells are present. This thereby results in the change of the tumor microenvironment from immune-suppressive to immune-vulnerable via activation of cytotoxic T cells or through the removal of glioma cells immune-suppressive capability. This review discusses the strengths and weaknesses of adenoviral oncolytic therapy, and highlights the genetic modifications that result in more effective and targeted viral agents. Additionally, the mechanism of action of immune-activating agents is described and the results of previous clinical trials utilizing these treatments in other solid tumors are reviewed. The feasibility, synergy, and limitations for treatments that combine these two approaches are outlined and areas for which more work is needed are considered.

Indexed as

checkpoint blockadecombinatory therapygliomaimmunomodulator(s)oncolytic adenovirus

Identifiers

PMID29179527
PMCPMC5687697
OpenAlexW2756123402

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