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Variation in susceptibility of human malignant melanomas to oncolytic vesicular stomatitis virus.
Surgery - 1 Mar 2013
Blackham Aaron U, Northrup Scott A, Willingham Mark, D'Agostino Ralph B, Lyles Douglas S, Stewart John H
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BACKGROUND: Vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV) is a novel, anti-cancer therapy that targets cancer cells selectively with defective antiviral responses; however, not all malignant cells are sensitive to the oncolytic effects of VSV. Herein, we have explored the mechanistic determinants of mutant M protein VSV (M51R-VSV) susceptibility in malignant melanoma cells. METHODS: Cell viability after VSV infection was...
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