Several preclinical and clinical studies have shown beneficial effects of oncolytic virotherapy to fight cancer. Release of tumor antigens by viral oncolysis lead to immune cell influx and reshaping of the tumor immune environment (Achard et al., 2018, Veinalde et al., 2023).
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References
Achard C, Surendran A, Wedge ME, Ungerechts G, Bell J, Ilkow CS. Lighting a Fire in the Tumor Microenvironment Using Oncolytic Immunotherapy. EBioMedicine. 2018 May;31:17-24. doi: 10.1016/j.ebiom.2018.04.020. Epub 2018 Apr 23. PMID: 29724655; PMCID: PMC6013846.
Veinalde R, Pidelaserra-Martí G, Moulin C, Tan CL, Schäfer TE, Kang N, Ball CR, Leichsenring J, Stenzinger A, Kaderali L, Jäger D, Ungerechts G, Engeland CE. Virotherapy combined with anti-PD-1 transiently reshapes the tumor immune environment and induces anti-tumor immunity in a preclinical PDAC model. Front Immunol. 2023 Jan 16;13:1096162. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2022.1096162. PMID: 36726983; PMCID: PMC9886093.