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ReviewMolecular therapy oncolytics2021

Current development in adenoviral vectors for cancer immunotherapy.

Greyson Willis Grossman Biegert, Amanda Rosewell Shaw, Masataka Suzuki

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Review in Molecular therapy oncolytics, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers.

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18citing papers in PubMed
2.9field-weighted citation impact, top 8% 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

18 citing papers in PubMed, 28 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

3 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Greyson Willis Grossman BiegertDepartment of Medicine, Section of Hematology/Oncology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.
Amanda Rosewell ShawDepartment of Medicine, Section of Hematology/Oncology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.
Masataka SuzukiDepartment of Medicine, Section of Hematology/Oncology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.
Baylor College of Medicine · USHouston Methodist · USTexas Children's Hospital · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Adenoviruses are well characterized and thus easily modified to generate oncolytic vectors that directly lyse tumor cells and can be "armed" with transgenes to promote lysis, antigen presentation, and immunostimulation. Oncolytic adenoviruses (OAds) are safe, versatile, and potent immunostimulants in patients. Since transgene expression is restricted to the tumor, adenoviral transgenes overcome the toxicities and short half-life of systemically administered cytokines, immune checkpoint blockade molecules, and bispecific T cell engagers. While OAds expressing immunostimulatory molecules ("armed" OAds) have demonstrated anti-tumor potential in preclinical solid tumor models, the efficacy has not translated into significant clinical outcomes as a monotherapy. However, OAds synergize with established standards of care and novel immunotherapeutic agents, providing a multifaceted means to address complexities associated with solid tumors. Critically, armed OAds revitalize endogenous and adoptively transferred immune cells while simultaneously enhancing their anti-tumor function. To properly evaluate these novel vectors and reduce the gap in the cycle between bench-to-bedside and back, improving model systems must be a priority. The future of OAds will involve a multidimensional approach that provides immunostimulatory molecules, immune checkpoint blockade, and/or immune engagers in concert with endogenous and exogenous immune cells to initiate durable and comprehensive anti-tumor responses.

Indexed as

adeno-immunotherapycellular therapycombinatorial therapyimmune checkpoint blockadeoncolytic adenovirus

Identifiers

PMID34938857
PMCPMC8660697
OpenAlexW3216822710

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