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TRANSCRIPTIONAL AND TRANSLATIONAL DUAL REGULATED ONCOLYTIC HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS VECTORS

Application US20260091069A1 Kind: A1 Apr 02, 2026

Inventors

William Wei-Guo Jia, Dmitry V. Chouljenko, I-Fang Lee, Yanal M. Murad, Xiaohu Liu, Guoyu Liu, Xuexian Bu, Zahid Delwar, Jun Ding

Abstract

A herpes virus vector is provided with both transcriptional and translational control. Within various embodiments the herpes virus vector is based upon a modified herpes virus and has both ICP27 and ICP34.5 under control of a CEA promoter and miRNA-124/143, respectively, and deletion of at least one copy of terminal repeat long region is provided to increase safety without sacrificing efficacy. The herpes virus vector can also incorporate a virus-expressed cytokine cassette encoding IL-12, IL-15/IL-15RA under the control of CXCR4 promoter.

CPC Classifications

A61K 35/763 A61K 38/208 A61K 38/2086 A61P 35/00 C12N 7/00 C12N 2710/16032 C12N 2710/16071

Filing Date

2022-03-24

Application No.

18283654