Oncolytic HSV-1 G207 Immunovirotherapy for Pediatric High-Grade Gliomas
Author(s) -
Gregory K. Friedman,
James M. Johnston,
Asim K. Bag,
Joshua D. Bernstock,
Rong Li,
Inmaculada Aban,
Kara Kachurak,
Li Nan,
KyungDon Kang,
Stacie K. Totsch,
Charles Schlappi,
Allison Martin,
Devang Pastakia,
René McNall-Knapp,
Sameer Farouk Sait,
Yasmin Khakoo,
Matthias A. Karajannis,
Karina Woodling,
Joshua D. Palmer,
Diana S. Osorio,
Jeffrey R. Leonard,
Mohamed S Abdelbaki,
Avi MadanSwain,
T. Prescott Atkinson,
Richard J. Whitley,
John B. Fiveash,
James M. Markert,
G. Yancey Gillespie
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
new england journal of medicine
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 19.889
H-Index - 1030
eISSN - 1533-4406
pISSN - 0028-4793
DOI - 10.1056/nejmoa2024947
Subject(s) - oncolytic virus , hsl and hsv , medicine , oncology , cancer research , virology , virus , tumor cells
Outcomes in children and adolescents with recurrent or progressive high-grade glioma are poor, with a historical median overall survival of 5.6 months. Pediatric high-grade gliomas are largely immunologically silent or "cold," with few tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes. Preclinically, pediatric brain tumors are highly sensitive to oncolytic virotherapy with genetically engineered herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) G207, which lacks genes essential for replication in normal brain tissue.
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