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. 2016 Aug 2;4(3):18. doi: 10.3390/biomedicines4030018

Table 2.

Features of selected RNA oncolytic viruses.

Virus Reovirus Coxsackievirus Polio Virus Seneca Valley Virus Measles Virus Newcastle Disease Virus Vesicular Stomatitis Virus
Family Reoviridae Picornaviridae Picornaviridae Picornaviridae Paramyxoviridae Paramyxoviridae Paramyxoviridae
Genome dsRNA (+)ssRNA (+)ssRNA (+)ssRNA (−)ssRNA (−)ssRNA (−)ssRNA
Method of entry JAM-A CAR/ICAM1/DAF CD155 Endocytosis SLAM, CD46 Endocytosis, direct fusion LDLR
Replication site Cytoplasm Cytoplasm Cytoplasm Cytoplasm Cytoplasm Cytoplasm Cytoplasm
Phase of clinical trials I–II I–II I I–II I–II I–II I
Disease types for clinical trials H and N cancer, pancreatic cancer, melanoma, ovarian cancer, NSCLC, CRC, glioma, sarcoma Melanoma, bladder cancer, prostate cancer, breast cancer GBM Neuroendocrine tumors, lung cancer, neuroblastoma Multiple myeloma, ovarian cancer, GBM, oral cancer, peritoneal malignancies GBM HCC

Note: dsRNA, double-stranded RNA; ssRNA, single-stranded RNA; JAM-A, junctional adhesion molecule A; CAR, coxsackie-adenovirus receptor; ICAM1, intercellular adhesion molecule 1; DAF, decay-accelerating factor; SLAM, signaling lymphocytic activation molecule; LDLR, low density lipoprotein receptor; H and N, head and neck; NSCLC, non-small cell lung cancer; CRC, colorectal cancer; GBM, glioblastoma multiforme; HCC, hepatocellular carcinoma.