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ArticleJournal for immunotherapy of cancer2025

Interleukin-12 encoded by the oncolytic virus VSV-GP enhances therapeutic antitumor efficacy by inducing CD8+ T-cell responses with a long-lived effector cell phenotype.

Jasmin Hatami, Krishna Das, Leonie Wolf, Andreas Aufschnaiter, Janine Kimpel, Tobias Nolden, Liesa-Marie Schreiber, Brigitte Müllauer, Elke Podgorschek, Theresa Schwaiger and 5 more

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Article in Journal for immunotherapy of cancer, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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  5. The emerging role of oncolytic virotherapy in genitourinary malignancies.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2026
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15 authors.

Jasmin HatamiInstitute of Virology, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Tirol, Austria.
Krishna DasViraTherapeutics GmbH, Rum, Tyrol, Austria.
Leonie WolfInstitute of Virology, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Tirol, Austria.
Andreas AufschnaiterChristian Doppler Laboratory for Viral Immunotherapy, Institute of Virology, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Tirol, Austria.
Janine KimpelInstitute of Virology, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Tirol, Austria.
Tobias NoldenViraTherapeutics GmbH, Rum, Tyrol, Austria.
Liesa-Marie SchreiberChristian Doppler Laboratory for Viral Immunotherapy, Institute of Virology, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Tirol, Austria.
Brigitte MüllauerInstitute of Virology, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Tirol, Austria.
Elke PodgorschekViraTherapeutics GmbH, Rum, Tyrol, Austria.
Theresa SchwaigerViraTherapeutics GmbH, Rum, Tyrol, Austria.
Bart SpiesschaertViraTherapeutics GmbH, Rum, Tyrol, Austria.
Guido WollmannChristian Doppler Laboratory for Viral Immunotherapy, Institute of Virology, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Tirol, Austria.
Knut ElbersViraTherapeutics GmbH, Rum, Tyrol, Austria.
Dorothee von LaerInstitute of Virology, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Tirol, Austria.
Zoltán BánkiInstitute of Virology, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Tirol, Austria zoltan.banki@i-med.ac.at.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3826-5800

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundVesicular stomatitis virus (VSV) pseudotyped with the glycoprotein (GP) of the lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus (VSV-GP) represents a potent oncolytic virus (OV). Oncolytic virotherapy is an emerging anticancer approach that uses viruses to eliminate cancer cells by direct cell lysis and induction of an antitumor immune response. Immunomodulatory cargos expressed by OVs hold the potential to further enhance this antitumor immune response.

methodsTo evaluate interleukin-12 (IL-12) as an immunomodulatory cargo encoded by VSV-GP, we used a subcutaneous tumor model by mixing type I interferon (IFN) competent murine lung epithelial cells (TC-1), which are largely resistant to VSV-GP in vivo, with VSV-GP permissive IFN-α receptor knockout TC-1 cells (TC-1

resultsThis mixed model supports prolonged viral replication and subsequent IL-12 production. Oncolytic virotherapy with VSV-GP and VSV-GP-IL12 of parental TC-1 tumors did not lead to tumor control, whereas virus treatment in the TC-1/TC-1

conclusionsTaken together, we have demonstrated that oncolytic virotherapy using VSV-GP encoding IL-12 induces CD8+ T cell responses characterized by an LLEC phenotype, a cell population that is likely a crucial component of antitumor immunity.

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CD8-Positive T-LymphocytesInterleukin-12Lymphocytic choriomeningitis virusOncolytic VirotherapyOncolytic VirusesAnimalsCell Line, TumorFemaleHumansMicePhenotypeVesicular stomatitis Indiana virusInterleukin-12AdaptiveCombination therapyImmune modulatoryOncolytic virusT-Lymphocytes

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PMCPMC12366581

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