摘要:
The present disclosure relates to oncolytic viruses for use transcatheter arterial viroembolization methods. The present disclosure also provides composition with such oncolytic viruses in combination with a biocompatible microparticle or hydrophilic polymer gel agent suitable for active embolization. The present disclosure further provides methods of transcatheter arterial viroembolization using such oncolytic viruses and compositions preferably in a manner that debulks tumor.
摘要:
The invention provides multiple epitopes of HSV UL39 that are cross-reactive and are useful for the prevention and treatment of alphaherpesvirus infection across a broad spectrum of the population. T-cells having specificity for antigens of the invention have demonstrated cytotoxic activity against cells loaded with virally-encoded peptide epitopes. The identification of immunogenic antigens responsible for T-cell specificity provides improved anti-viral therapeutic and prophylactic strategies. Compositions containing epitopes or polynucleotides encoding epitopes of the invention provide effectively targeted vaccines for prevention and treatment of alphaherpesvirus infection.
摘要:
A method is presented for treating herpes simplex virus (HSV) infection comprising: (a) locally administering a substance that induces a delayed type hypersensitivity (DTH) response to a patient at a site of an HSV lesion to induce a DTH response at the site of the lesion during one or more outbreaks of the HSV infection.
摘要:
A live virus composition that maintains infectivity and provides improved virus stability during one or more freeze/thaw cycles and/or during long term storage in a liquid state at temperatures ranging from just above freezing to ambient temperatures.
摘要:
The present disclosure concerns the use of oncolytic viruses for the treatment of cancer. In particular, the use of a herpes simplex virus, a vaccinia virus, or an adenovirus containing a gene encoding a PD-1 binding agent, such as a scFv polypeptide, to achieve a particular degree of oncolysis is described. In some embodiments, the oncolytic virus expressing the PD-1 binding agent is effective at inducing immune responses that kill cancer cells at distant sites from the primary tumor. An oncolytic virus can also be engineered to be less toxic or damaging to non-cancer cells by mutation or modification of gene products such that the alterations render the viruses better able to infect the host, less toxic, and/or better able to selectively infect cancer cells.
摘要:
The present invention relates to methods and compositions for use in inducing tumor-specific antibody mediated complement-dependent cytotoxic response in an animal having a tumor comprising administering to said animal a composition comprising a replication competent oncolytic virus wherein administration of the composition induces in the animal production of antibodies that mediate a CDC response specific to said tumor.
摘要:
New recombinant oncolytic viral vectors have been constructed based on a known herpes simplex virus-1 with a single 34.5 gene and a synctial mutation (called OncSyn (OS) virus), which was designed to be more immunogenic than the parental OS virus largely due to deletion of the viral gene viral host shutoff (vhs) gene (the "OSV" virus). In another embodiment, the OSV virus was constructed to constitutively express 15-PGDH (the "OSVP" virus), the principal enzyme responsible for degradation of PGE2. OSVP was shown to decrease both breast tumors and prostate cancer tumors in mice models. In addition, OSVP was shown to trigger substantial inflammatory cytokine production and promote anti-tumor immune responsiveness. These altered viruses, OSV and OSVP, can be used to treat various cancers including breast, prostate, liver, colon, and other tissues. Other exogenous genes can be added to either OSV or OSVP to improve the therapeutic response.
摘要:
The present invention is directed to the administration of FusOn-H2, an HSV derived oncolytic virus, to treat tumor cells that are resistant to the lytic effect of the virus. Administration of FusOn-H2 induces the patient's innate immune responses to tumor cells via neutrophils, which are able to destroy tumors efficiently when they migrate to the tumor mass. With the induced innate antitumor immunity, FusOn-H2 is effective at eradicating tumors even when it is used at very low doses.
摘要:
The present invention is directed to the administration of an HSV derived oncolytic virus and a PBK/AKT/mTOR pathway inhibitor to treat various types of resistant tumors. Therapy-resistant tumor formation is one of the main causes for treatment failure in the clinic. The treatment methods and compositions disclosed herein sensitize resistant tumors to the treatment of herpes simplex virus (HSV)-based oncolytic virotherapy. Pre or co-treatment of resistant tumor cells with the mTOR inhibitor, rapamycin, or certain PI3K inhibitors, such as LY294002, can efficiently sensitize the tumors to HSV derived oncolytic viruses, whereby the replication and spread of the viruses are dramatically enhanced.