Abstract
Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is a devastating brain tumor for which there is no cure. Adenoviral-mediated transfer of conditional cytotoxic (herpes simplex virus [HSV] 1-derived thymidine kinase [TK]) and immunostimulatory (Fms-like tyrosine kinase 3 ligand [Flt3L]) transgenes elicited immune-mediated long-term survival in a syngeneic intracranial GBM model in rodents. However, the lack of a large GBM animal model makes it difficult to predict the outcome of therapies in humans. Dogs develop spontaneous GBM that closely resemble the human disease; therefore, they constitute an excellent large animal model. We assayed the transduction efficiency of adenoviral vectors (Ads) encoding β-galactosidase (βGal), TK, and Flt3L in J3T dog GBM cells in vitro and in the dog brain in vivo.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 178 |
| Number of pages | 1 |
| Journal | Neurosurgery |
| Volume | 60 |
| Issue number | 1 |
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| Publication status | Published - Jan 2007 |
| Externally published | Yes |