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ArticleMolecular therapy. Oncology2025

Boosting anti-tumor immunity with TILT-517 oncolytic adenovirus and checkpoint blockade in renal cell carcinoma.

Victor Arias, Tatiana V Kudling, James H A Clubb, Elise Jirovec, Santeri A Pakola, Mirte Van der Heijden, Saru Basnet, Dafne C A Quixabeira, Lyna Haybout, Nea Ojala and 7 more

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Article in Molecular therapy. Oncology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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6 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

17 authors.

Victor AriasCancer Gene Therapy Group, Translational Immunology Research Program, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
Tatiana V KudlingCancer Gene Therapy Group, Translational Immunology Research Program, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
James H A ClubbCancer Gene Therapy Group, Translational Immunology Research Program, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
Elise JirovecCancer Gene Therapy Group, Translational Immunology Research Program, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
Santeri A PakolaCancer Gene Therapy Group, Translational Immunology Research Program, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
Mirte Van der HeijdenCancer Gene Therapy Group, Translational Immunology Research Program, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
Saru BasnetCancer Gene Therapy Group, Translational Immunology Research Program, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
Dafne C A QuixabeiraCancer Gene Therapy Group, Translational Immunology Research Program, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
Lyna HayboutCancer Gene Therapy Group, Translational Immunology Research Program, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
Nea OjalaCancer Gene Therapy Group, Translational Immunology Research Program, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
Susanna Grönberg-Vähä-KoskelaCancer Gene Therapy Group, Translational Immunology Research Program, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
Anna KanervaCancer Gene Therapy Group, Translational Immunology Research Program, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
Antti RannikkoDepartment of Urology, Helsinki University Hospital (HUS), Helsinki, Finland.
João M SantosCancer Gene Therapy Group, Translational Immunology Research Program, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
Victor Cervera-CarrasconCancer Gene Therapy Group, Translational Immunology Research Program, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
Otto HemminkiCancer Gene Therapy Group, Translational Immunology Research Program, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
Akseli HemminkiCancer Gene Therapy Group, Translational Immunology Research Program, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Elevated levels of immune infiltration found in renal cell carcinoma are often associated with poor patient prognosis, likely due to T cell exhaustion and an immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment, which limits the efficacy of current immunotherapies. In this study, we focused on the use of Ad5/3-E2F-d24-hIL7 (TILT-517), an oncolytic adenovirus expressing interleukin-7, as a strategy to selectively lyse tumors. This approach also seeks to activate infiltrating immune cells, thereby reprogramming the immune landscape characteristic of renal cell carcinoma tumors. Furthermore, we evaluated the combination of TILT-517 with immune checkpoint inhibitors, main immunotherapeutic component for this disease. Anti-tumor efficacy was significantly observed in

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adenoviruscancercheckpoint inhibitorscytokineimmune checkpoint blockadeimmunotherapyinterleukin 7MT: regular issueoncolytic virusrenal cell carcinomaT cell exhaustion

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PMID40589567
PMCPMC12208612

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