Oncolytic herpes simplex virus kills stem-like tumor-initiating colon cancer cells

Stem-like tumor-initiating cells (TICs) are implicated in cancer progression and recurrence, and can be identified by sphere-formation and tumorigenicity assays. Oncolytic viruses infect, replicate in, and kill a variety of cancer cells. In this study, we seek proof of principle that TICs are suscep...

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Main Authors: Susanne G Warner, Dana Haddad, Joyce Au, Joshua S Carson, Michael P O’Leary, Christina Lewis, Sebastien Monette, Yuman Fong
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2016-01-01
Series:Molecular Therapy: Oncolytics
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2372770516300377