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ArticleJournal of virology2018

Restriction of Replication of Oncolytic Herpes Simplex Virus with a Deletion of γ34.5 in Glioblastoma Stem-Like Cells.

Cole Peters, Max Paget, Kizito-Tshitoko Tshilenge, Dipongkor Saha, Slawomir Antoszczyk, Anouk Baars, Thomas Frost, Robert L Martuza, Hiroaki Wakimoto, Samuel D Rabkin

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Article in Journal of virology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 30 papers.

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30citing papers in PubMed
3.1field-weighted citation impact, top 8% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

30 citing papers in PubMed, 38 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Cole PetersBrain Tumor Research Center, Department of Neurosurgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Max PagetBrain Tumor Research Center, Department of Neurosurgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Kizito-Tshitoko TshilengeBrain Tumor Research Center, Department of Neurosurgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Dipongkor SahaBrain Tumor Research Center, Department of Neurosurgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Slawomir AntoszczykBrain Tumor Research Center, Department of Neurosurgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Anouk BaarsBrain Tumor Research Center, Department of Neurosurgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Thomas FrostBrain Tumor Research Center, Department of Neurosurgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Robert L MartuzaBrain Tumor Research Center, Department of Neurosurgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Hiroaki WakimotoBrain Tumor Research Center, Department of Neurosurgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Samuel D RabkinBrain Tumor Research Center, Department of Neurosurgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA rabkin@mgh.harvard.edu.ORCID 0000-0003-2344-2795
Harvard University · USMassachusetts General Hospital · US

Funding

Pilot & Feasibility ProgramP30DK043351 · NIDDK · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI RAYMOND T CHUNG · 1991 to 2026
$35.3M
Transgenic CoreP30DK057521 · NIDDK · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI KAHN, BARBARA B. · 2000 to 2019
$31.4M
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
Oncolytic Herpes Simplex Virus Interactions with Glioblastoma Stem CellsF31CA192453 · NCI · HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL · PI PETERS, COLE WINSTEAD DYLAN · 2015 to 2017
$83k
NCI NIH HHS F31 CA192453NCI NIH HHS R01 CA160762NIDDK NIH HHS P30 DK043351NIDDK NIH HHS P30 DK057521NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS032677
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Oncolytic viruses, including herpes simplex viruses (HSVs), are a new class of cancer therapeutic engineered to infect and kill cancer cells while sparing normal tissue. To ensure that oncolytic HSV (oHSV) is safe in the brain, all oHSVs in clinical trial for glioma lack the γ34.5 genes responsible for neurovirulence. However, loss of γ34.5 attenuates growth in cancer cells. Glioblastoma (GBM) is a lethal brain tumor that is heterogeneous and contains a subpopulation of cancer stem cells, termed GBM stem-like cells (GSCs), that likely promote tumor progression and recurrence. GSCs and matched serum-cultured GBM cells (ScGCs), representative of bulk or differentiated tumor cells, were isolated from the same patient tumor specimens. ScGCs are permissive to replication and cell killing by oHSV with deletion of the γ34.5 genes (γ34.5

Indexed as

Gene DeletionAnimalsBrain NeoplasmsCell Culture TechniquesCell Line, TumorChlorocebus aethiopsGlioblastomaHerpes SimplexNeoplastic Stem CellsOncolytic VirusesRNA-Binding ProteinsSimplexvirusVero CellsViral ProteinsVirus ReplicationRNA-Binding ProteinsUS11 protein, herpesvirusViral Proteinscancer stem cellgliomaherpes simplex virusHSVoncolytic virustranslationUs11

Identifiers

PMID29793956
PMCPMC6052301
OpenAlexW2804421230

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