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ArticleJournal for immunotherapy of cancer2025

Novel fusion superkine,

Amit Kumar, Praveen Bhoopathi, Padmanabhan Mannangatti, Santanu Maji, Anjan K Pradhan, Esha Madan, Alexander L Klibanov, Rajan Gogna, David D Limbrick, Luni Emdad and 2 more

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Article in Journal for immunotherapy of cancer, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors.

Amit KumarVCU Institute of Molecular Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University, School of Medicine, Richmond, Virginia, USA.
Praveen BhoopathiVCU Institute of Molecular Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University, School of Medicine, Richmond, Virginia, USA.
Padmanabhan MannangattiVCU Institute of Molecular Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University, School of Medicine, Richmond, Virginia, USA.
Santanu MajiVCU Institute of Molecular Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University, School of Medicine, Richmond, Virginia, USA.
Anjan K PradhanVCU Institute of Molecular Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University, School of Medicine, Richmond, Virginia, USA.
Esha MadanVCU Institute of Molecular Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University, School of Medicine, Richmond, Virginia, USA.
Alexander L KlibanovDivision of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA.
Rajan GognaVCU Institute of Molecular Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University, School of Medicine, Richmond, Virginia, USA.
David D LimbrickDepartment of Neurosurgery, Virginia Commonwealth University, School of Medicine, Richmond, Virginia, USA.
Luni EmdadVCU Institute of Molecular Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University, School of Medicine, Richmond, Virginia, USA.
Swadesh K DasVCU Institute of Molecular Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University, School of Medicine, Richmond, Virginia, USA paul.fisher@vcuhealth.org swadesh.das@vcuhealth.org.
Paul B FisherVCU Institute of Molecular Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University, School of Medicine, Richmond, Virginia, USA paul.fisher@vcuhealth.org swadesh.das@vcuhealth.org.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0085-4546

Funding

Virus Vector Shared ResourceP30CA016059 · NCI · VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY · PI Kim Felder Rhoads · 1985 to 2026
$51.0M
Mouse Model and Pathological Analysis CoreP01CA275740 · NCI · VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY · PI Devanand Sarkar · 2024 to 2026
$10.6M
Interplay between tumor and microenvironment in bone metastasisR01CA259599 · NCI · VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY · PI FISHER, PAUL B, WANG, XIANG-YANG SHAWN · 2021 to 2025
$2.3M
NCI NIH HHS P01 CA275740NCI NIH HHS P30 CA016059NCI NIH HHS R01 CA259599
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundGlioblastoma (GBM) is a rapidly growing, aggressive brain tumor with very poor prognosis without currently effective therapies. The immunosuppressive nature of the tumor microenvironment (TME) in GBM hinders the development of effective tumor-eradicating immunotherapies. This hostile TME can be modulated by administering immune-activating cytokines in combination with agents inducing tumor cell death. To achieve these objectives, we sought to harness the cancer-selective cell death-inducing properties of an enhanced "Superkine" version of melanoma differentiation associated gene-7/interleukin-24,

methodsA fusion "Superkine" (

resultsThe

conclusionIn summary, treatment with an

Indexed as

Brain NeoplasmsGlioblastomaImmunotherapyInterleukin-15InterleukinsRecombinant Fusion ProteinsAnimalsCell Line, TumorHumansInterleukin-24MiceTumor MicroenvironmentInterleukin-15Interleukin-24InterleukinsRecombinant Fusion ProteinsCytokineGene therapyImmune modulatoryImmunotherapyNatural killer - NK

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PMID40550563
PMCPMC12184379

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