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ArticleRadiology and oncology2022

Cancer gene therapy goes viral: viral vector platforms come of age.

Urban Bezeljak

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Article in Radiology and oncology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers.

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23citing papers in PubMed
7.9field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

23 citing papers in PubMed, 43 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

Urban BezeljakCOBIK, Ajdovščina, Slovenia.
Centre of Excellence for Biosensors, Instrumentation and Process Control · SI

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundSince the advent of viral vector gene therapy in 1990s, cancer treatment with viral vectors promised to revolutionize the field of oncology. Notably, viral vectors offer a unique combination of efficient gene delivery and engagement of the immune system for anti-tumour response. Despite the early potential, viral vector-based cancer treatments are only recently making a big impact, most prominently as gene delivery devices in approved CAR-T cell therapies, cancer vaccines and targeted oncolytic therapeutics. To reach this broad spectrum of applications, a number of challenges have been overcome - from our understanding of cancer biology to vector design, manufacture and engineering. Here, we take an overview of viral vector usage in cancer therapy and discuss the latest advancements. We also consider production platforms that enable mainstream adoption of viral vectors for cancer gene therapy.

conclusionsViral vectors offer numerous opportunities in cancer therapy. Recent advances in vector production platforms open new avenues in safe and efficient viral therapeutic strategies, streamlining the transition from lab bench to bedside. As viral vectors come of age, they could become a standard tool in the cancer treatment arsenal.

Indexed as

Cancer VaccinesNeoplasmsGenes, NeoplasmGenetic TherapyGenetic VectorsHumansCancer Vaccinesbioprocess platformgene therapyimmunotherapyoncolytic virusviral vector

Identifiers

PMID35148469
PMCPMC8884858
OpenAlexW4211172632

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