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ReviewCancer cell international2023

The role of oncolytic virotherapy and viral oncogenes in the cancer stem cells: a review of virus in cancer stem cells.

Amirhosein Faghihkhorasani, Alaleh Dalvand, Ehsan Derafsh, Farnaz Tavakoli, Nada Khairi Younis, Saman Yasamineh, Omid Gholizadeh, Pooria Shokri

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In one paragraph

Review in Cancer cell international, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
15citing papers in PubMed
9.4field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

15 citing papers in PubMed, 30 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 8 institutions in 3 countries.

Amirhosein FaghihkhorasaniIran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Alaleh DalvandTehran Medical Branch, Islamic Azad University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Ehsan DerafshDepartment of Basic Medical Science, Windsor University School of Medicine, Brighton's Estate, Cayton, St. Kitts And Nevis.
Farnaz TavakoliNephrology and Transplantation Ward, Shariati Hospital Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Nada Khairi YounisDepartment of Pharmacy, Al-Noor University College, Nineveh, Iraq.
Saman YasaminehYoung Researchers and Elite Club, Tabriz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tabriz, Iran.
Omid Gholizadeh, Azad Researchers, Viro-Biotech, Tehran, Iran. ogholizade1374@gmail.com.
Pooria ShokriDepartment of Medical Science, Faculty of Medical Science, Arak University of Medical Sciences, Arak, Iran. Pooria.shokri77@gmail.com.
Al-Nisour University College · IQArak University of Medical Sciences · IRIran University of Medical Sciences · IRIslamic Azad University Medical Branch of Tehran · IRIslamic Azad University of Tabriz · IRIslamic Azad University, Tehran · IRShariati Hospital · IRWindsor University School of Medicine · KN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cancer Stem Cells (CSCs) are the main "seeds" for the initiation, growth, metastasis, and recurrence of tumors. According to many studies, several viral infections, including the human papillomaviruses, hepatitis B virus, Epstein-Barr virus, and hepatitis C virus, promote the aggressiveness of cancer by encouraging the development of CSC features. Therefore, a better method for the targeted elimination of CSCs and knowledge of their regulatory mechanisms in human carcinogenesis may lead to the development of a future tool for the management and treatment of cancer. Oncolytic viruses (OVs), which include the herpes virus, adenovirus, vaccinia, and reovirus, are also a new class of cancer therapeutics that have favorable properties such as selective replication in tumor cells, delivery of numerous eukaryotic transgene payloads, induction of immunogenic cell death and promotion of antitumor immunity, as well as a tolerable safety profile that essentially differs from that of other cancer therapeutics. The effects of viral infection on the development of CSCs and the suppression of CSCs by OV therapy were examined in this paper. The purpose of this review is to investigate the dual role of viruses in CSCs (oncolytic virotherapy and viral oncogenes).

Indexed as

Cancer stem cellOncolytic virusesViral infectionViral oncogenes

Identifiers

PMID37880659
PMCPMC10599042
OpenAlexW4387949905

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