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Oncolytic adenovirus coding for granulocyte macrophage colony-stimulating factor induces antitumoral immunity in cancer patients.
- V. Cerullo, S. Pesonen, +23 authors Akseli Hemminki
- Biology, Medicine
- Cancer research
- 1 June 2010
Granulocyte macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GMCSF) can mediate antitumor effects by recruiting natural killer cells and by induction of tumor-specific cytotoxic T-cells through… Expand
Treatment of cancer patients with a serotype 5/3 chimeric oncolytic adenovirus expressing GMCSF.
- A. Koski, L. Kangasniemi, +22 authors A. Hemminki
- Medicine
- Molecular therapy : the journal of the American…
- 1 October 2010
Augmenting antitumor immunity is a promising way to enhance the potency of oncolytic adenoviral therapy. Granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GMCSF) can mediate antitumor effects by… Expand
Oncolytic adenovirus with temozolomide induces autophagy and antitumor immune responses in cancer patients.
- Ilkka Liikanen, L. Ahtiainen, +16 authors Akseli Hemminki
- Biology, Medicine
- Molecular therapy : the journal of the American…
- 1 June 2013
Oncolytic adenoviruses and certain chemotherapeutics can induce autophagy and immunogenic cancer cell death. We hypothesized that the combination of oncolytic adenovirus with low-dose temozolomide… Expand
Immunological effects of a tumor necrosis factor alpha-armed oncolytic adenovirus.
- M. Hirvinen, M. Rajecki, +7 authors V. Cerullo
- Biology, Medicine
- Human gene therapy
- 4 January 2015
For long it has been recognized that tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNFa) has anticancer characteristics, and its use as a cancer therapeutic was proposed already in the 1980s. However, its systemic… Expand
Antiviral and Antitumor T-cell Immunity in Patients Treated with GM-CSF–Coding Oncolytic Adenovirus
- A. Kanerva, P. Nokisalmi, +15 authors Akseli Hemminki
- Medicine
- Clinical Cancer Research
- 14 March 2013
Purpose: Multiple injections of oncolytic adenovirus could enhance immunologic response. In the first part of this article, the focus was on immunologic aspects. Sixty patients previously naïve to… Expand
Integrin targeted oncolytic adenoviruses Ad5‐D24‐RGD and Ad5‐RGD‐D24‐GMCSF for treatment of patients with advanced chemotherapy refractory solid tumors
- S. Pesonen, I. Diaconu, +18 authors A. Hemminki
- Medicine
- International journal of cancer
- 15 April 2012
The safety of oncolytic viruses for treatment of cancer has been shown in clinical trials while antitumor efficacy has often remained modest. As expression of the coxsackie‐adenovirus receptor may be… Expand
Oncolytic Adenovirus ICOVIR-7 in Patients with Advanced and Refractory Solid Tumors
- P. Nokisalmi, S. Pesonen, +18 authors Akseli Hemminki
- Medicine
- Clinical Cancer Research
- 25 May 2010
Purpose: Twenty-one patients with cancer were treated with a single round of oncolytic adenovirus ICOVIR-7. Experimental Design: ICOVIR-7 features an RGD-4C modification of the fiber HI-loop of… Expand
Mre11 inhibition by oncolytic adenovirus associates with autophagy and underlies synergy with ionizing radiation
- M. Rajecki, Taija af Hällström, +16 authors Akseli Hemminki
- Biology, Medicine
- International journal of cancer
- 15 November 2009
New treatment approaches are needed for hormone refractory prostate cancer. Oncolytic adenoviruses are promising anti‐cancer agents, and their efficacy can be improved by combining with conventional… Expand
Multimodal approach using oncolytic adenovirus, cetuximab, chemotherapy and radiotherapy in HNSCC low passage tumour cell cultures.
- J. D. Dias, Kilian Guse, +10 authors A. Hemminki
- Biology, Medicine
- European journal of cancer
- 1 February 2010
Head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) is a common and often devastating disease without curative treatment when advanced or recurrent. The aim of this study was to assess whether… Expand
Prolonged systemic circulation of chimeric oncolytic adenovirus Ad5/3-Cox2L-D24 in patients with metastatic and refractory solid tumors
- S. Pesonen, P. Nokisalmi, +19 authors Akseli Hemminki
- Medicine
- Gene Therapy
- 18 March 2010
Eighteen patients with refractory and progressive solid tumors were treated with a single round of triple modified oncolytic adenovirus (Ad5/3-Cox2L-D24). Ad5/3-Cox2L-D24 is the first… Expand