Evidence map›Paper›PMID 29350682›Full record

ReviewGene therapy2018

Conditional replication of oncolytic viruses based on detection of oncogenic mRNA.

M Renteln

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In one paragraph

Review in Gene therapy, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 1 paper.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
1citing papers in PubMed
0.4field-weighted citation impact, top 32% 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

1 citing paper in PubMed, 17 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

M RentelnIntegrative Molecular Genetics and Biochemistry, University of Southern California, Baylor College of Medicine, Altadena, CA, USA.
Baylor College of Medicine · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Recently, split intein-based detection sensors for RNA have been developed that can target custom sequences in a modular fashion. If multi-region, multi-sample sequencing were to be applied to a patient's cancer, truncal (that is, earliest-occurring) mutations could be identified and could serve as targets for these sense-and-respond modules. The next step would be to utilize an effective vector for treatment. A hyper-virulent herpes simplex virus could possibly serve as this vector, with concurrent immunosuppression to allow for unhindered infection of the tumor regions. Given that, the oncogenic mutations could serve as molecular 'kindling', with exogenous small molecule-mediated enhancement of replication after initial seeding of tumors and metastases. Then, a toxin may be induced to destroy the cancer entirely, ideally with a bystander effect.

Indexed as

Biosensing TechniquesOncogenesVirus ReplicationBystander EffectGenetic VectorsHumansImmunosuppression TherapyNeoplasmsOncolytic VirotherapyOncolytic VirusesPoint MutationRNA, MessengerSimplexvirusRNA, Messenger

Identifiers

PMID29350682
OpenAlexW2792423099

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Registered trials

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Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.