2015
Lassa-Vesicular Stomatitis Chimeric Virus Safely Destroys Brain Tumors
Wollmann G, Drokhlyansky E, Davis JN, Cepko C, van den Pol AN. Lassa-Vesicular Stomatitis Chimeric Virus Safely Destroys Brain Tumors. Journal Of Virology 2015, 89: 6711-6724. PMID: 25878115, PMCID: PMC4468483, DOI: 10.1128/jvi.00709-15.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLymphocytic choriomeningitis virusBrain tumorsVesicular stomatitis virusChimeric virusesBrain cancerLassa virusEbola virusMarburg virusRabies virusAdverse neurologic consequencesExquisite tumor specificityHigh-grade tumorsPromising oncolytic virusLassa virus glycoprotein precursorAdverse side effectsTumor-bearing miceMetastatic cancer modelsStomatitis virusNovel chimeric virusHigh-grade glioblastomaEbola virus glycoproteinMultiple cancer typesNoninjected tumorNeurologic consequencesOncolytic potential
2013
Vesicular Stomatitis Virus Variants Selectively Infect and Kill Human Melanomas but Not Normal Melanocytes
Wollmann G, Davis JN, Bosenberg MW, van den Pol AN. Vesicular Stomatitis Virus Variants Selectively Infect and Kill Human Melanomas but Not Normal Melanocytes. Journal Of Virology 2013, 87: 6644-6659. PMID: 23552414, PMCID: PMC3676084, DOI: 10.1128/jvi.03311-12.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVesicular stomatitis virusReplication-competent vesicular stomatitis virusMetastatic malignant melanomaRecombinant vesicular stomatitis virusMouse melanoma modelHuman melanoma samplesGene mutation statusVSV-CT9Low viral concentrationsMelanoma typesMalignant melanomaSCID miceViral oncolysisMelanoma xenograftsViral infectionMelanoma modelMutation statusMalignant transformationHuman melanomaInfectionMelanomaVirus variantsComplete protectionMelanoma samplesGene mutations
2012
Highly Attenuated Recombinant Vesicular Stomatitis Virus VSV-12′GFP Displays Immunogenic and Oncolytic Activity
van den Pol A, Davis J. Highly Attenuated Recombinant Vesicular Stomatitis Virus VSV-12′GFP Displays Immunogenic and Oncolytic Activity. Journal Of Virology 2012, 87: 1019-1034. PMID: 23135719, PMCID: PMC3554062, DOI: 10.1128/jvi.01106-12.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsGene Expression ProfilingGenes, ReporterGliomaGreen Fluorescent ProteinsHumansMiceMice, SCIDMolecular Sequence DataOncolytic VirusesRNA, ViralSequence Analysis, DNASurvival AnalysisTreatment OutcomeVaccines, AttenuatedVaccines, SyntheticVesiculovirusViral Plaque AssayViral VaccinesConceptsVesicular stomatitis virusGreen fluorescent proteinReporter geneOne-step growth curveVesicular stomatitis virus genomeAttenuated vesicular stomatitis virusCancer cellsHigh-titer antibody responsesInjection of tumorHuman cancer cellsSuppressed tumor growthRNA transcriptsOncolytic virusesIntratumoral injectionSCID micePostnatal daySafety profileFluorescent proteinTumor growthVSV-G/GFPGenesRecombinant virusesStomatitis virusImmune responseAntibody response