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ArticleCancer immunology, immunotherapy : CII2021

IL-36γ-armed oncolytic virus exerts superior efficacy through induction of potent adaptive antitumor immunity.

Min Yang, Esther Giehl, Chao Feng, Mathilde Feist, Hongqi Chen, Enyong Dai, Zuqiang Liu, Congrong Ma, Roshni Ravindranathan, David L Bartlett and 2 more

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Article in Cancer immunology, immunotherapy : CII, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers.

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19citing papers in PubMed
2.9field-weighted citation impact, top 9% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

19 citing papers in PubMed, 26 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors at 1 institution in 2 countries.

Min Yang *UPMC Hillman Cancer Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Esther Giehl *UPMC Hillman Cancer Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Chao FengUPMC Hillman Cancer Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Mathilde FeistUPMC Hillman Cancer Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Hongqi ChenUPMC Hillman Cancer Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Enyong DaiUPMC Hillman Cancer Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Zuqiang LiuUPMC Hillman Cancer Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Congrong MaUPMC Hillman Cancer Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Roshni RavindranathanUPMC Hillman Cancer Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
David L BartlettUPMC Hillman Cancer Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Binfeng LuUPMC Hillman Cancer Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA. binfeng@pitt.edu.
Zong Sheng GuoUPMC Hillman Cancer Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA. guozs@upmc.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4624-9907
University of Pittsburgh · US

Funding

VECTOR CORE FACILITYP30CA047904 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI Jessie Nedrow · 1988 to 2026
$158.0M
Exploring IL-36gamma as a new tumor immune therapyR21CA205727 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI LU, BINFENG · 2016 to 2017
$370k
National Institutes of Health (US) P30CA047904NCI NIH HHS P30 CA047904NCI NIH HHS R21 CA205727NIH HHS R21CA205727-01UPMC Immune Transplant and Therapy Center 13925
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In this study, we aimed to apply the cytokine IL-36γ to cancer immunotherapy by constructing new oncolytic vaccinia viruses (OV) expressing interleukin-36γ (IL-36γ-OVs), leveraging unique synergism between OV and IL-36γ's ability to promote antitumor adaptive immunity and modulate tumor microenvironment (TME). IL-36γ-OV had dramatic therapeutic efficacies in multiple murine tumor models, frequently leading to complete cancer eradication in large fractions of mice. Mechanistically, IL-36-γ-armed OV induced infiltration of lymphocytes and dendritic cells, decreased myeloid-derived suppressor cells and M2-like tumor-associated macrophages, and T cell differentiation into effector cells. Further study showed that IL-36γ-OV increased the number of tumor antigen-specific CD4

Indexed as

Adaptive ImmunityGenetic TherapyOncolytic VirotherapyAnimalsCD8-Positive T-LymphocytesCell Line, TumorCells, CulturedCytotoxicity, ImmunologicDisease Models, AnimalGene ExpressionGenetic EngineeringGenetic VectorsHumansInterleukin-1Melanoma, ExperimentalMiceIL36G protein, humanInterleukin-1CD4+ T cellsCD8+ T cellsEffector memory T cellsIL-36γImmunotherapyOncolytic virus

Identifiers

PMID33538860
PMCPMC8360872
OpenAlexW3127652240

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