{"title":"Prevalence of Plantar Warts, Genital Warts, and Herpetic Infections in Greek Competitive Swimmers.","authors":"Eleni Sfyri, Niki Tertipi, Vasiliki Kefala, Efstathios Rallis","doi":"10.3390/v16111782","DOIUrl":"10.3390/v16111782","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Viral outbreaks are common in the sport community. Data regarding the prevalence of plantar warts, genital warts, herpes simplex type 1 (herpes labialis), herpes zoster, and genital herpes in competitive swimmers are lacking in the literature. The purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence of those viral infections among young competitive swimmers participating in Greek swimming clubs. Swimmers' parents and adult swimmers were asked to complete an anonymous questionnaire. In total, 1047 swimmers enrolled in this study. The measured parameters included gender, age, times of infections, and seasons when athletes may be more susceptible to infections. Practicing information such as type of swimming facility, number of training years, average hours of daily training, behaviors in swimming practice, and sunlight exposure was also recorded. All infections showed a significant difference in relation to \"age\" and \"years of training\". The gender significance was observed in herpes labialis (<i>p</i> = 0.016) and plantar warts (<i>p</i> = 0.05). The prevalence of all infections in swimmers who use outdoor facilities was higher. Certain behaviors such as walking barefoot on a pool deck and sharing swimming equipment correlate with herpes simplex and plantar warts. Virus infections can affect swimmers of all ages. In our study, plantar warts and herpes labialis are more common in swimmers. Herpes zoster and sexually transmitted viruses are rarer and affect adult swimmers. The impact of cutaneous infections on swimmers can affect performance and well-being. Effective prevention and management are essential to avoid complications. Proper hygiene, medical guidance, and treatment reduce swimmers' exposure to skin viruses.</p>","PeriodicalId":49328,"journal":{"name":"Viruses-Basel","volume":"16 11","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2024-11-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11599054/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142733836","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Viruses-BaselPub Date : 2024-11-16DOI: 10.3390/v16111783
Randilea Nichols Doyle, Vivian Yang, Yetunde I Kayode, Robert Damoiseaux, Harry E Taylor, Oliver I Fregoso
{"title":"NSC95397 Is a Novel HIV-1 Latency-Reversing Agent.","authors":"Randilea Nichols Doyle, Vivian Yang, Yetunde I Kayode, Robert Damoiseaux, Harry E Taylor, Oliver I Fregoso","doi":"10.3390/v16111783","DOIUrl":"10.3390/v16111783","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The latent viral reservoir represents one of the major barriers to curing HIV-1. Focus on the \"kick and kill\" (also called \"shock and kill\") approach, in which virus expression is reactivated, and then cells producing virus are selectively depleted, has led to the discovery of many latency-reversing agents (LRAs) that have furthered our understanding of the mechanisms driving HIV-1 latency and latency reversal. Thus far, individual compounds have yet to be robust enough to work as a therapy, highlighting the importance of identifying new compounds that target novel pathways and synergize with known LRAs. In this study, we identified a promising LRA, NSC95397, from a screen of ~4250 compounds. We validated that NSC95397 reactivates latent viral transcription and protein expression from cells with unique integration events and across different latency models. Co-treating cells with NSC95397 and known LRAs demonstrated that NSC95397 synergizes with different drugs under both standard normoxic and physiological hypoxic conditions. NSC95397 does not globally increase open chromatin, and bulk RNA sequencing revealed that NSC95397 does not greatly increase cellular transcription. Instead, NSC95397 downregulates pathways key to metabolism, cell growth, and DNA repair-highlighting the potential of these pathways in regulating HIV-1 latency. Overall, we identified NSC95397 as a novel LRA that does not largely alter global transcription, shows potential for synergy with known LRAs, and may act through novel pathways not previously recognized for their ability to modulate HIV-1 latency.</p>","PeriodicalId":49328,"journal":{"name":"Viruses-Basel","volume":"16 11","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2024-11-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11599149/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142734112","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Single-Nucleus and Spatial Transcriptomics Revealing Host Response Differences Triggered by Mutated Virus in Severe Dengue.","authors":"Qian Chen, Yizhen Yuan, Fangzhou Cai, Zhe Li, Qiang Wei, Wei Wang","doi":"10.3390/v16111779","DOIUrl":"10.3390/v16111779","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Dengue virus (DENV) infection causes various disease manifestations ranging from an asymptomatic state to severe, life-threatening dengue. Despite intensive research, the molecular mechanisms underlying the abnormal host responses and severe disease symptoms caused by evolved DENV strains is not fully understood. First, the spatial structure of mutant DENV was compared via in silico molecular modeling analysis. Second, employing single-nucleus and spatial RNA sequencing, we analyzed and verified transcriptome samples in uninfected, mild (NGC group), and severe (N10 group) liver tissues from murine models. In this study, we obtained a cumulatively mutated DENV-2 N10 with enhanced capability of replication and pathogenicity post 10 serial passages in <i>Ifnra<sup>-/-</sup></i> mice. This variant caused severe damage in the liver, as compared with other organs. Furthermore, mutated DENV infection elicited stronger responses in hepatocytes. The critical host factor <i>Nrg4</i> was identified. It dominated mainly via the activation of the NRG/ErbB pathway in mice with severe symptoms. We report on evolved N10 viruses with changes observed in different organisms and tissue. This evolutionary variant results in high replicability, severe pathogenicity, and strong responses in murine. Moreover, the host responses may play a role by activating the NRG/ErbB signaling pathway. Our findings provide a realistic framework for defining disturbed host responses at the animal model level that might be one of the main causes of severe dengue and the potential application value.</p>","PeriodicalId":49328,"journal":{"name":"Viruses-Basel","volume":"16 11","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2024-11-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11599075/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142734089","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Viruses-BaselPub Date : 2024-11-15DOI: 10.3390/v16111780
Xiaohua Ma, Yingzhi Zhang, Lei Na, Ting Qi, Weiwei Ma, Xing Guo, Xue-Feng Wang, Xiaojun Wang
{"title":"Identification and Characterization of Linear Epitopes of Monoclonal Antibodies Against African Horse Sickness Virus Serotype 1 VP2 Protein.","authors":"Xiaohua Ma, Yingzhi Zhang, Lei Na, Ting Qi, Weiwei Ma, Xing Guo, Xue-Feng Wang, Xiaojun Wang","doi":"10.3390/v16111780","DOIUrl":"10.3390/v16111780","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>African horse sickness (AHS) is an acute, fatal, contagious disease of animals of the family Equidae and is caused by infection with the African horse sickness virus (AHSV). Based on the outer capsid protein VP2, AHSV is classified into nine serotypes (AHSV-1 to -9) with little or no serological cross-reactivity between them. In 2020, AHS outbreaks caused by AHSV-1 were reported in Thailand and Malaysia, marking the first occurrences of AHS in Southeast Asia. However, little is known about the antigenic profile of AHSV-1 VP2. In this study, a recombinant VP2 protein was expressed in <i>Escherichia coli</i> and used as an immunogen, and three monoclonal antibodies (mAbs), designated 7D11, 10A9, and 9E7, against AHSV-1 VP2, were generated. These three mAbs were then successfully used in IFA, WB, and ELISA for the detection of AHSV-1 VP2. Two overlapping linear epitopes, <sup>670</sup>NEFDFE<sup>675</sup> (E670-675) recognized by 9E7 and <sup>670</sup>NEFDF<sup>674</sup> (E670-674) recognized by 7D11 and 10A9, were identified through truncation of GST-fused VP2. Amino acid sequence alignment shows that the <sup>670</sup>NEFDFE<sup>675</sup> motif is completely conserved within AHSV-1 but is highly divergent in other AHSV serotypes. Our studies provide an important tool for basic research into AHSV-1 and for the diagnosis of AHSV-1.</p>","PeriodicalId":49328,"journal":{"name":"Viruses-Basel","volume":"16 11","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2024-11-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11599129/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142734001","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Viruses-BaselPub Date : 2024-11-15DOI: 10.3390/v16111781
Raymund R Razonable
{"title":"Cytomegalovirus Infection After Solid Organ Transplantation: How I Use Cell-Mediated Immune Assays for Management.","authors":"Raymund R Razonable","doi":"10.3390/v16111781","DOIUrl":"10.3390/v16111781","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>The pathogenesis and outcome of cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection after solid organ transplantation (SOT) reflects the interplay between viral replication and CMV-specific immunity. Despite advances in its diagnosis and treatment, CMV continues to cause significant morbidity after SOT. Since CMV is an opportunistic pathogen that occurs as a result of impaired pathogen-specific immunity, laboratory assays that measure CMV-specific immune responses may be useful in assisting clinicians in its management.</p><p><strong>Methods and results: </strong>The author summarizes the evolving and emerging data on the clinical utility of assays that quantify cell-mediated immune responses to CMV in SOT recipients. The majority of publications are observational studies that demonstrate that a lack or deficiency in CMV-specific cell-mediated immunity is correlated with a heightened risk of primary, reactivation, or recurrent CMV after transplantation. A few prospective interventional studies have utilized CMV-specific cell-mediated immune assays in guiding the duration of antiviral prophylaxis among CMV-seropositive SOT recipients. Likewise, CMV-specific cell-mediated immunity assays have been suggested to inform the need for secondary antiviral prophylaxis and immunologic optimization to prevent CMV relapse after treatment.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>CMV-specific cell-mediated immune assays are emerging to assist transplant clinicians in predicting a patient's risk of CMV after transplantation, and these assays have been utilized to individualize the approach to CMV prevention and treatment. The author suggests the conduct of more interventional studies to further solidify the role of CMV-specific cell-mediated immune assays in routine clinical practice.</p>","PeriodicalId":49328,"journal":{"name":"Viruses-Basel","volume":"16 11","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2024-11-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11598960/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142734212","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Viruses-BaselPub Date : 2024-11-15DOI: 10.3390/v16111778
Kiran Gajurel, Reshika Dhakal, Stan Deresinski
{"title":"Arbovirus in Solid Organ Transplants: A Narrative Review of the Literature.","authors":"Kiran Gajurel, Reshika Dhakal, Stan Deresinski","doi":"10.3390/v16111778","DOIUrl":"10.3390/v16111778","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The incidence of arbovirus infections has increased in recent decades. Other than dengue, chikungunya, and West Nile viruses, the data on arbovirus in solid organ transplant (SOT) are limited to case reports, and infections in renal transplant recipients account for most of the reported cases. Dengue and West Nile infections seem to be more severe with higher mortality in SOT patients than in the general population. Acute kidney injury is more frequent in patients with dengue and chikungunya although persistent arthralgia with the latter is less frequent. There is no clear relationship between arboviral infection and acute cellular rejection. Pre-transplant screening of donors should be implemented during increased arboviral activity but, despite donor screening and negative donor nucleic acid amplification test (NAT), donor derived infection can occur. NAT may be transiently positive. IgM tests lack specificity, and neutralizing antibody assays are more specific but not readily available. Other tests, such as immunohistochemistry, antigen tests, PCR, metagenomic assays, and viral culture, can also be performed. There are a few vaccines available against some arboviruses, but live vaccines should be avoided. Treatment is largely supportive. More data on arboviral infection in SOT are needed to understand its epidemiology and clinical course.</p>","PeriodicalId":49328,"journal":{"name":"Viruses-Basel","volume":"16 11","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2024-11-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11599096/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142733996","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Viruses-BaselPub Date : 2024-11-15DOI: 10.3390/v16111777
Nora M Gerhards, Manouk Vrieling, Romy Dresken, Sophie Nguyen-van Oort, Luca Bordes, Jerry M Wells, Rik L de Swart
{"title":"Porcine Airway Organoid-Derived Well-Differentiated Epithelial Cultures as a Tool for the Characterization of Swine Influenza a Virus Strains.","authors":"Nora M Gerhards, Manouk Vrieling, Romy Dresken, Sophie Nguyen-van Oort, Luca Bordes, Jerry M Wells, Rik L de Swart","doi":"10.3390/v16111777","DOIUrl":"10.3390/v16111777","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Swine influenza A viruses (IAVsw) are important causes of disease in pigs but also constitute a public health risk. IAVsw strains show remarkable differences in pathogenicity. We aimed to generate airway organoids from the porcine lower respiratory tract and use these to establish well-differentiated airway epithelial cell (WD-AEC) cultures grown at an air-liquid interface (ALI) for in vitro screening of IAVsw strain virulence. Epithelial cells were isolated from bronchus tissue of juvenile pigs, and airway organoids were cultured in an extracellular matrix in a culture medium containing human growth factors. Single-cell suspensions of these 3D organoids were seeded on Transwell filters and differentiated at ALI to form a pseudostratified epithelium containing ciliated cells, mucus-producing cells and tight junctions. Inoculation with a low dose of IAVsw in a low volume inoculum resulted in virus replication without requiring the addition of trypsin, and was quantified by the detection of viral genome loads in apical washes. Interestingly, inoculation of an H3N2 strain known to cause severe disease in pigs induced a greater reduction in trans-epithelial resistance and more damage to tight junctions than H1N2 or H1N1 strains associated with mild disease in pigs. We conclude that the porcine WD-AEC model is useful in assessing the virulence of IAVsw strains.</p>","PeriodicalId":49328,"journal":{"name":"Viruses-Basel","volume":"16 11","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2024-11-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11598950/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142733695","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Viruses-BaselPub Date : 2024-11-14DOI: 10.3390/v16111774
Abraha Bahlbi Kiflu
{"title":"The Immune Escape Strategy of Rabies Virus and Its Pathogenicity Mechanisms.","authors":"Abraha Bahlbi Kiflu","doi":"10.3390/v16111774","DOIUrl":"10.3390/v16111774","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In contrast to most other rhabdoviruses, which spread by insect vectors, the rabies virus (RABV) is a very unusual member of the Rhabdoviridae family, since it has evolved to be fully adapted to warm-blooded hosts and spread directly between them. There are differences in the immune responses to laboratory-attenuated RABV and wild-type rabies virus infections. Various investigations showed that whilst laboratory-attenuated RABV elicits an innate immune response, wild-type RABV evades detection. Pathogenic RABV infection bypasses immune response by antagonizing interferon induction, which prevents downstream signal activation and impairs antiviral proteins and inflammatory cytokines production that could eliminate the virus. On the contrary, non-pathogenic RABV infection leads to immune activation and suppresses the disease. Apart from that, through recruiting leukocytes into the central nervous system (CNS) and enhancing the blood-brain barrier (BBB) permeability, which are vital factors for viral clearance and protection, cytokines/chemokines released during RABV infection play a critical role in suppressing the disease. Furthermore, early apoptosis of neural cells limit replication and spread of avirulent RABV infection, but street RABV strains infection cause delayed apoptosis that help them spread further to healthy cells and circumvent early immune exposure. Similarly, a cellular regulation mechanism called autophagy eliminates unused or damaged cytoplasmic materials and destroy microbes by delivering them to the lysosomes as part of a nonspecific immune defense mechanism. Infection with laboratory fixed RABV strains lead to complete autophagy and the viruses are eliminated. But incomplete autophagy during pathogenic RABV infection failed to destroy the viruses and might aid the virus in dodging detection by antigen-presenting cells, which could otherwise elicit adaptive immune activation. Pathogenic RABV P and M proteins, as well as high concentration of nitric oxide, which is produced during rabies virus infection, inhibits activities of mitochondrial proteins, which triggers the generation of reactive oxygen species, resulting in oxidative stress, contributing to mitochondrial malfunction and, finally, neuron process degeneration.</p>","PeriodicalId":49328,"journal":{"name":"Viruses-Basel","volume":"16 11","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2024-11-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11598914/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142734216","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Viruses-BaselPub Date : 2024-11-14DOI: 10.3390/v16111776
Harry Ridgway, Vasso Apostolopoulos, Graham J Moore, Laura Kate Gadanec, Anthony Zulli, Jordan Swiderski, Sotirios Tsiodras, Konstantinos Kelaidonis, Christos T Chasapis, John M Matsoukas
{"title":"Computational Evidence for Bisartan Arginine Blockers as Next-Generation Pan-Antiviral Therapeutics Targeting SARS-CoV-2, Influenza, and Respiratory Syncytial Viruses.","authors":"Harry Ridgway, Vasso Apostolopoulos, Graham J Moore, Laura Kate Gadanec, Anthony Zulli, Jordan Swiderski, Sotirios Tsiodras, Konstantinos Kelaidonis, Christos T Chasapis, John M Matsoukas","doi":"10.3390/v16111776","DOIUrl":"10.3390/v16111776","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), influenza, and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) are significant global health threats. The need for low-cost, easily synthesized oral drugs for rapid deployment during outbreaks is crucial. Broad-spectrum therapeutics, or pan-antivirals, are designed to target multiple viral pathogens simultaneously by focusing on shared molecular features, such as common metal cofactors or conserved residues in viral catalytic domains. This study introduces a new generation of potent sartans, known as bisartans, engineered in our laboratories with negative charges from carboxylate or tetrazolate groups. These anionic tetrazoles interact strongly with cationic arginine residues or metal cations (e.g., Zn<sup>2+</sup>) within viral and host target sites, including the SARS-CoV-2 ACE2 receptor, influenza H1N1 neuraminidases, and the RSV fusion protein. Using virtual ligand docking and molecular dynamics, we investigated how bisartans and their analogs bind to these viral receptors, potentially blocking infection through a pan-antiviral mechanism. Bisartan, ACC519TT, demonstrated stable and high-affinity docking to key catalytic domains of the SARS-CoV-2 NSP3, H1N1 neuraminidase, and RSV fusion protein, outperforming FDA-approved drugs like Paxlovid and oseltamivir. It also showed strong binding to the arginine-rich furin cleavage sites S1/S2 and S2', suggesting interference with SARS-CoV-2's spike protein cleavage. The results highlight the potential of tetrazole-based bisartans as promising candidates for developing broad-spectrum antiviral therapies.</p>","PeriodicalId":49328,"journal":{"name":"Viruses-Basel","volume":"16 11","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2024-11-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11599072/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142734096","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Viruses-BaselPub Date : 2024-11-14DOI: 10.3390/v16111775
Natalie M Meléndez-Vázquez, Candelaria Gomez-Manzano, Filipa Godoy-Vitorino
{"title":"Oncolytic Virotherapies and Adjuvant Gut Microbiome Therapeutics to Enhance Efficacy Against Malignant Gliomas.","authors":"Natalie M Meléndez-Vázquez, Candelaria Gomez-Manzano, Filipa Godoy-Vitorino","doi":"10.3390/v16111775","DOIUrl":"10.3390/v16111775","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Glioblastoma (GBM) is the most prevalent malignant brain tumor. Current standard-of-care treatments offer limited benefits for patient survival. Virotherapy is emerging as a novel strategy to use oncolytic viruses (OVs) for the treatment of GBM. These engineered and non-engineered viruses infect and lyse cancer cells, causing tumor destruction without harming healthy cells. Recent advances in genetic modifications to OVs have helped improve their targeting capabilities and introduce therapeutic genes, broadening the therapeutic window and minimizing potential side effects. The efficacy of oncolytic virotherapy can be enhanced by combining it with other treatments such as immunotherapy, chemotherapy, or radiation. Recent studies suggest that manipulating the gut microbiome to enhance immune responses helps improve the therapeutic efficacy of the OVs. This narrative review intends to explore OVs and their role against solid tumors, especially GBM while emphasizing the latest technologies used to enhance and improve its therapeutic and clinical responses.</p>","PeriodicalId":49328,"journal":{"name":"Viruses-Basel","volume":"16 11","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2024-11-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11599061/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142734116","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}