Title:Oncolytic Coxsackievirus and the Mechanisms of its Effects on Cancer: A Narrative Review
Volume: 17
Issue: 3
Author(s): Ali Ahmadi, Hadi E.G. Ghaleh*, Ruhollah Dorostkar, Mahdieh Farzanehpour and Masoumeh Bolandian
Affiliation:
- Applied Virology Research Center, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran,Iran
Keywords:
Cancer, viral therapy, targeted therapy, oncolytic viruses, coxsackievirus, viral vectors.
Abstract: Cancer is a genetic disease triggered by gene mutations, which control cell growth and
their functionality inherited from previous generations. The targeted therapy of some tumors was
not especially successful. A host of new techniques can be used to treat aptamer-mediated targeting,
cancer immunotherapy, cancer stem cell (CSC) therapy, cell-penetrating peptides (CPPs), hormone
therapy, intracellular cancer cell targeting, nanoparticles, and viral therapy. These include
chemical-analog conjugation, gene delivery, ligand-receptor-based targeting, prodrug therapies,
and triggered release strategies. Virotherapy is a biotechnological technique for turning viruses into
therapeutic agents by the reprogramming of viruses to cure diseases. In several tumors, including
melanoma, multiple myeloma, bladder cancer, and breast cancer, the oncolytic capacity of oncolytic
Coxsackievirus has been studied. The present study aims to assess oncolytic Coxsackievirus and
its mechanisms of effect on cancer cells.