The ex vivo purge of cancer cells using oncolytic viruses: recent advances and clinical implications.

ABSTRACT: Hematological malignancies are treated with intensive high-dose chemotherapy, with or without radiation. This is followed by hematopoietic stem cell (HSC) transplantation (HSCT) to rescue or reconstitute hematopoiesis damaged by the anticancer therapy. Autologous HSC grafts may contain cancer cells and purging could further improve treatment outcomes. Similarly, allogeneic HSCT may be improved by selectively purging alloreactive effector cells from the graft rather than wholesale immune cell depletion. Viral agents that selectively replicate in specific cell populations are being studied in experimental models of cancer and immunological diseases and have potential applications in the context of HSC graft engineering. This review describes preclinical studies involving oncolytic virus stra

SUBMITTER: Tsang JJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4918373 | biostudies-literature | 2015

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature