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ArticleFrontiers in immunology2023

Unlocking the potential of dimethyl fumarate: enhancing oncolytic HSV-1 efficacy for wider cancer applications.

Akram Alwithenani, Zaid Taha, Max Thomson, Andrew Chen, Boaz Wong, Rozanne Arulanandam, Jean-Simon Diallo

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Article in Frontiers in immunology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
1.3field-weighted citation impact, top 16% 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

5 citing papers in PubMed, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Oncolytic viruses as cancer therapeutics: From mechanistic insights to clinical translation.Molecular therapy : the journal of the American Society of Gene Therapy · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Akram AlwithenaniCentre for Cancer Therapeutics, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, ON, Canada.
Zaid TahaCentre for Cancer Therapeutics, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, ON, Canada.
Max ThomsonCentre for Cancer Therapeutics, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, ON, Canada.
Andrew ChenCentre for Cancer Therapeutics, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, ON, Canada.
Boaz WongCentre for Cancer Therapeutics, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, ON, Canada.
Rozanne ArulanandamCentre for Cancer Therapeutics, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, ON, Canada.
Jean-Simon DialloCentre for Cancer Therapeutics, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, ON, Canada.
University of Ottawa · CAOttawa Hospital Research InstituteOttawa Hospital · CA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Immunotherapy and specifically oncolytic virotherapy has emerged as a promising option for cancer patients, with oncolytic herpes simplex virus-1 (oHSV-1) expressing granulocyte macrophage colony stimulating factor being the first OV to be approved by the FDA for treatment of melanoma. However, not all cancers are sensitive and responsive to oncolytic viruses (OVs). Our group has demonstrated that fumaric and maleic acid esters (FMAEs) are very effective in sensitizing cancer cells to OV infection. Of note, these FMAEs include dimethyl fumarate (DMF, also known as Tecfidera

Indexed as

Herpesvirus 1, HumanMelanomaOncolytic VirotherapyOncolytic VirusesAnimalsDimethyl FumarateFumaratesHumansMiceDimethyl FumarateFumaratescancercancer therapeuticsDMFfumarate estersHSV-1human specimens

Identifiers

PMID38169670
PMCPMC10758402
OpenAlexW4389939972

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