Nature Communications (Nov 2018)

PTEN expression by an oncolytic herpesvirus directs T-cell mediated tumor clearance

  • Luke Russell,
  • Jessica Swanner,
  • Alena Cristina Jaime-Ramirez,
  • Yufeng Wang,
  • Alex Sprague,
  • Yeshavanth Banasavadi-Siddegowda,
  • Ji Young Yoo,
  • Gina M. Sizemore,
  • Raleigh Kladney,
  • Jianying Zhang,
  • Norman L. Lehman,
  • Michael C Ostrowski,
  • Bangxing Hong,
  • Michael Caligiuri,
  • Jianhua Yu,
  • Balveen Kaur

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-07344-1
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 16

Abstract

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Oncolytic viruses are a promising therapeutic approach for cancer treatment. The authors demonstrate the efficacy of an engineered HSV-1 expressing PTENα as an oncolytic and immune stimulating therapy against brain cancer metastases.