2020
Mucin-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
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