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Epithelial Junction Opener Improves Oncolytic Adenovirus Therapy in Mouse Tumor Models.
Human gene therapy - 1 Apr 2016
Yumul Roma, Richter Maximilian, Lu Zhuo-Zhuang, Saydaminova Kamola, Wang Hongjie, Wang Chung-Huei Katherine, Carter Darrick, Lieber André
Abstract excerpt
A central resistance mechanism in solid tumors is the maintenance of epithelial junctions between malignant cells that prevent drug penetration into the tumor. Human adenoviruses (Ads) have evolved mechanisms to breach epithelial barriers. For example, during Ad serotype 3 (Ad3) infection of epithelial tumor cells, massive amounts of subviral penton-dodecahedral particles (PtDd) are produced and released from...
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