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ArticleNature2026

Synthetic super-enhancers enable precision viral immunotherapy.

Ute Koeber, Mantas Matjusaitis, Neza Alfazema, Katharine Furlong, Zeyu Wang, Rachel White, Alhafidz Hamdan, Pooran Dewari, Gregoire Morisse, Mariela Navarette and 19 more

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Article in Nature, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
3citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
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

3 citing papers in PubMed.

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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

29 authors.

Ute Koeber *Centre for Regenerative Medicine, Institute for Regeneration and Repair, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
Mantas Matjusaitis *Centre for Regenerative Medicine, Institute for Regeneration and Repair, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3740-2260
Neza AlfazemaCentre for Regenerative Medicine, Institute for Regeneration and Repair, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
Katharine FurlongCentre for Regenerative Medicine, Institute for Regeneration and Repair, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0001-3268-0763
Zeyu WangCentre for Regenerative Medicine, Institute for Regeneration and Repair, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
Rachel WhiteCentre for Regenerative Medicine, Institute for Regeneration and Repair, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
Alhafidz HamdanCentre for Regenerative Medicine, Institute for Regeneration and Repair, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0794-5504
Pooran DewariCentre for Regenerative Medicine, Institute for Regeneration and Repair, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
Gregoire MorisseCancer Research UK Scotland Centre, Edinburgh, UK.
Mariela NavaretteImmune Regulation and Tumor Immunotherapy Group, Cancer Immunology Unit, Research Department of Haematology, UCL Cancer Institute, London, UK.
Rosie WillisCentre for Regenerative Medicine, Institute for Regeneration and Repair, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
Jin WangCancer Research UK Scotland Centre, Edinburgh, UK.
Michelle P ClarkCentre for Regenerative Medicine, Institute for Regeneration and Repair, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3723-3655
Carla Jacinto de SousaCentre for Regenerative Medicine, Institute for Regeneration and Repair, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
Hei Ip HongCentre for Regenerative Medicine, Institute for Regeneration and Repair, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
Shahida SherazCentre for Regenerative Medicine, Institute for Regeneration and Repair, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
Ben SouthgateCentre for Regenerative Medicine, Institute for Regeneration and Repair, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
Justyna Cholewa-WaclawCentre for Regenerative Medicine, Institute for Regeneration and Repair, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8625-8528
Sabine GogolokCentre for Regenerative Medicine, Institute for Regeneration and Repair, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
Gillian M MorrisonCentre for Regenerative Medicine, Institute for Regeneration and Repair, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
Felipe Galvez CancinoImmune Regulation and Tumor Immunotherapy Group, Cancer Immunology Unit, Research Department of Haematology, UCL Cancer Institute, London, UK.
Faye RobertsonCentre for Regenerative Medicine, Institute for Regeneration and Repair, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7335-8308
Anna WilliamsCentre for Regenerative Medicine, Institute for Regeneration and Repair, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6329-382X
Susan J RosserSchool of Biological Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
Paul M BrennanCentre for Regenerative Medicine, Institute for Regeneration and Repair, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7347-830X
Dirk SiegerCancer Research UK Scotland Centre, Edinburgh, UK.
Abdenour SoufiCentre for Regenerative Medicine, Institute for Regeneration and Repair, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3666-3266
Sergio A QuezadaImmune Regulation and Tumor Immunotherapy Group, Cancer Immunology Unit, Research Department of Haematology, UCL Cancer Institute, London, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9763-1700
Steven M PollardCentre for Regenerative Medicine, Institute for Regeneration and Repair, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK. steven.pollard@ed.ac.uk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6428-0492

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cell-type-specific promoters are used in gene therapy to restrict expression of the therapeutic payload. However, these promoters often have suboptimal strength, selectivity and size. Here, leveraging recent insights into the function of enhancers, we developed synthetic super-enhancers (SSEs) by assembling functionally validated enhancer fragments into multipart arrays. Focusing on the core SOX2-driven and SOX9-driven transcriptional regulatory network in glioblastoma stem cells (GSCs)

Indexed as

DependovirusEnhancer Elements, GeneticGenetic TherapyGlioblastomaImmunotherapyPrecision MedicineAnimalsCell Line, TumorFemaleGanciclovirGene Regulatory NetworksGenetic VectorsHumansInterleukin-12MaleMiceGanciclovirInterleukin-12SOX2 protein, humanSOX9 Transcription FactorSOXB1 Transcription Factors

Identifiers

PMID41951744
PMCPMC13149004

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