| GBM | Glioblastoma |
| ZIKV | Zika virus |
| DEGs | Differentially expressed genes |
| WHO | World Health Organization |
| CNS | Central nervous system |
| OVs | Oncolytic viruses |
| RNA-seq | RNA sequencing |
| PROSPERO | International Prospective Register of Systematic Reviews |
| PRISMA | Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta-analysis |
| MOI | Multiplicity of infection |
| RT-qPCR | Polymerase chain reaction |
| HGNC | HUGO Gene Nomenclature Committee |
| DE | Differential expression |
| GO:BP | Gene Ontology Biological Process |
| NES | Normalized enrichment score |
| HR | Highly refractory |
| MR | Moderately refractory |
| WT | Wild-type |
| NTSCs | Nuclear transfer stem cells |
| RoB | Risk of bias |
| NF | Non-infected |
| GSEA | Gene set enrichment analysis |
| PAMPs | Pathogen-associated molecular patterns |
| DAMPs | Damage-associated molecular patterns |
| HSV1 | Herpes simplex virus type 1 |