title: Oncotarget Strategies For Herpes Simplex Virus-1.
abstract: The high level of manipulability of viral genome has set up HSV-1 to be an ideal viral vector for oncolytic virotherapy. In the past two decades, several oncolytic HSV-1 viruses have been successfully developed and assessed in animal studies. Accumulated evidences show that oncolytic HSV- 1 can efficiently infect many tumor cells and augment anti-tumor effect by induction of systemic innate and adaptive immune responses. Inspiring results have been accomplished in several phase I clinical trials for glioma, head and neck squeous cells carcinoma and Melanoma using oncolytic HSV- 1 viruses. More recently, oncovey, one of oncolytic HSV-1 viruses has been approved by FDA for the comprehensive evolution of its anti-tumor effects in phase III clinical trials. These promising studies encourage more efforts to be devoted to craft the new generation of oncolytic HSV-1. Herein, we will review and summarize the basic strategies to construct oncolytic HSV-1 viruses and their applications in cancer therapy.
authors.affiliation: Division of Liver Diseases, Department of Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, 10029, USA. lumin.zhang@mssm.edu.
authors.forename: Lumin
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Tsurumi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tatsuya
authors.forename: Yukihiro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nishiyama
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D005822:Genetic Vectors; D006561:Herpes Simplex; D018259:Herpesvirus 1, Human / Q000235:genetics; D006801:Humans; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000821:virology; D019076:Transgenes