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HSV as A Platform for the Generation of Retargeted, Armed, and Reporter-Expressing Oncolytic Viruses.
Viruses - 30 Jun 2018
Menotti Laura, Avitabile Elisa, Gatta Valentina, Malatesta Paolo, Petrovic Biljana, Campadelli-Fiume Gabriella
Abstract excerpt
Previously, we engineered oncolytic herpes simplex viruses (o-HSVs) retargeted to the HER2 (epidermal growth factor receptor 2) tumor cell specific receptor by the insertion of a single chain antibody (scFv) to HER2 in gD, gH, or gB. Here, the insertion of scFvs to three additional cancer targets—EGFR (epidermal growth factor receptor), EGFRvIII, and PSMA (prostate specific membrane antigen)—in gD Δ6–38 enabled...
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