Issue |
Med Sci (Paris)
Volume 29, Number 2, Février 2013
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Page(s) | 175 - 182 | |
Section | M/S Revues | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/medsci/2013292015 | |
Published online | 28 February 2013 |
Le virus de la stomatite vésiculaire dans la lutte contre le cancer
Vesicular stomatitis virus in the fight against cancer
1
Laboratoire d’immunovirologie, institut national de la recherche scientifique, INRS-institut Armand-Frappier, 531 boulevard des Prairies, H7V 1B7 Laval, Québec, Canada
2
Département des sciences biologiques, université du Québec à Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada
3
Centre de recherche Biomed, Montréal, Québec, Canada
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valerie.janelle@iaf.inrs.ca
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poliquin.laurent@uqam.ca
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alain.lamarre@iaf.inrs.ca
Le cancer est une maladie aux multiples facettes qui touche de plus en plus de personnes à travers le monde. L’utilisation de virus pour éliminer sélectivement les cellules cancéreuses s’avère être une nouvelle voie thérapeutique prometteuse. Certains virus, dont celui de la stomatite vésiculaire (VSV), sont des prototypes étudiés intensivement dans cette optique. Dans ce contexte de virothérapie oncolytique, une meilleure compréhension des mécanismes d’infection et de recrutement du système immunitaire pourra s’avérer très utile pour le développement de nouvelles stratégies thérapeutiques anticancéreuses efficaces.
Abstract
Cancer is a complex disease that affects more and more people around the world. Unfortunately, existing treatments are only partially efficient and often induce major side effects. Thus, the use of viruses to selectively kill cancer cells is a new promising therapeutic approach. Recently, VSV has been used in oncolytic virotherapy because of its capacity to preferentially infect most human tumor cells. However, despite the availability of good oncolytic VSV mutants, the large variability of tumor cell types and the multiple ways in which they can evade viral infection suggests that therapeutic combinations of various viruses will be necessary to efficiently treat most cancers. A better understanding of the infection mechanisms and immune system recruitment by oncolytic viruses will be of great value for the development of safe and efficient strategies for cancer treatment.
© 2013 médecine/sciences – Inserm / SRMS
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