Tumor control by human cytomegalovirus in a murine model of hepatocellular carcinoma

Although viruses can cause cancer, other studies reported the regression of human tumors upon viral infections. We investigated the cytoreductive potential of human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) in a murine model of human hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) in severe-immunodeficient mice. Infection of HepG2 cel...

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Main Authors: Amit Kumar, Laurie Coquard, Sébastien Pasquereau, Laetitia Russo, Séverine Valmary-Degano, Christophe Borg, Pierre Pothier, Georges Herbein
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2016-01-01
Series:Molecular Therapy: Oncolytics
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2372770516300365