Lassa-VSV chimeric virus targets and destroys human and mouse ovarian cancer by direct oncolytic action and by initiating an anti-tumor response
van den Pol A, Zhang X, Lima E, Pitruzzello M, Albayrak N, Alvero A, Davis J, Mor G. Lassa-VSV chimeric virus targets and destroys human and mouse ovarian cancer by direct oncolytic action and by initiating an anti-tumor response. Virology 2020, 555: 44-55. PMID: 33453650, PMCID: PMC8451984, DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2020.10.009.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOvarian cancer cellsHuman ovarian cancer cellsLong-term survivalOvarian cancerCancer cellsTreatment of immunocompetent miceKill ovarian cancer cellsMouse ovarian cancer cellsTreatment of ovarian cancerAnti-tumor responsesImmunocompromised nude miceOncolytic actionImmunocompetent miceMetastatic spreadChemotherapeutic paclitaxelFemale cancersPoor survivalNude miceIntraperitoneal injectionCancer growthSurvival extensionVesicular stomatitis virusVSV glycoproteinCancerReduced neurotropismMucin-Like Domain of Ebola Virus Glycoprotein Enhances Selective Oncolytic Actions against Brain Tumors
Zhang X, Zhang T, Davis JN, Marzi A, Marchese AM, Robek MD, van den Pol AN. Mucin-Like Domain of Ebola Virus Glycoprotein Enhances Selective Oncolytic Actions against Brain Tumors. Journal Of Virology 2020, 94: 10.1128/jvi.01967-19. PMID: 32051271, PMCID: PMC7108827, DOI: 10.1128/jvi.01967-19.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsChimeric vesicular stomatitis virusVSV-EBOVNormal brain cellsBrain tumorsVesicular stomatitis virusEBOV glycoproteinEbola virus glycoproteinEbola virusBrain cellsNormal immunocompetent miceBrain tumor-bearing miceImmunodeficient SCID miceTumor-bearing miceHuman brain tumorsSCID mouse brainStomatitis virusTranscription-quantitative PCRMost tumor cellsVirus glycoproteinOncolytic actionImmune system evasionImmunocompetent miceWild-type vesicular stomatitis virusSCID miceVirus infection