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ArticleViruses2025

Direct oHSV Infection Induces DC Maturation and a Tumor Therapeutic Response.

Doyeon Kim, Michael Kelly, Jack Hedberg, Alexia K Martin, Ilse Hernandez-Aguirre, Yeaseul Kim, Lily R Cain, Ravi Dhital, Kevin A Cassady

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Article in Viruses, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Doyeon KimCenter for Childhood Cancer Research, Abigail Wexner Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH 43205, USA.ORCID 0009-0003-5716-8664
Michael KellyCenter for Childhood Cancer Research, Abigail Wexner Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH 43205, USA.
Jack HedbergCenter for Childhood Cancer Research, Abigail Wexner Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH 43205, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0914-9480
Alexia K MartinCenter for Childhood Cancer Research, Abigail Wexner Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH 43205, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-8728-7910
Ilse Hernandez-AguirreCenter for Childhood Cancer Research, Abigail Wexner Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH 43205, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-4373-523X
Yeaseul KimCenter for Childhood Cancer Research, Abigail Wexner Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH 43205, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0653-077X
Lily R CainCenter for Childhood Cancer Research, Abigail Wexner Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH 43205, USA.
Ravi DhitalCenter for Childhood Cancer Research, Abigail Wexner Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH 43205, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6180-2128
Kevin A CassadyCenter for Childhood Cancer Research, Abigail Wexner Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH 43205, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-2474-9051

Funding

Project 4:Targeting M2-like Macrophages and MDSC with Myelolytic-VirotherapyU54CA232561 · NCI · RESEARCH INST NATIONWIDE CHILDREN'S HOSP · PI CASSADY, KEVIN A, CRIPE, TIMOTHY P · 2019 to 2023
$12.1M
CancerFree KIDS AWD50001350NCI NIH HHS U54 CA232561
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Oncolytic herpes simplex virus (oHSV) is a promising cancer immunotherapy that induces tumor cell lysis and stimulates anti-tumor immunity. Our previous single-cell RNA sequencing analysis of oHSV-treated medulloblastoma tumors revealed expansion and activation of tumor-infiltrating dendritic cells (DCs), and direct oHSV infection of DCs within the brain. While the therapeutic effects of oHSVs have been primarily attributed to tumor cell infection, we hypothesize that direct infection of DCs also contributes to therapeutic efficacy by promoting DC maturation and immune activation. Although the oHSV infection in DCs was abortive, it led to increased expression of major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I/II and co-stimulatory molecules. oHSV-infected DCs activated naïve CD4

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Dendritic CellsGliomaOncolytic VirotherapyOncolytic VirusesSimplexvirusAnimalsCD8-Positive T-LymphocytesCell Line, TumorFemaleHumansImmunotherapyMiceMice, Inbred C57BLcentral nervous system (CNS) malignant tumorsdendritic cell (DC)oncolytic herpes simplex virus (oHSV)T cell priming

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PMID40872847
PMCPMC12390734

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