Figure 7.
YST-OVH treatment inhibits tumor progression in humanized mice without induction of strong inflammatory responses, such as CRS. (A) Treatment scheme for a humanized mouse model. (B) Mice bearing Huh-7 tumors were intratumorally injected with vehicle, OVH or YST-OVH, and tumor growth was monitored over a 30-day period. Individual tumor growth curves of vehicle injected (C), OVH injected (D) and YST-OVH injected (E) tumors. Blood was collected at 0, 5 and 10 days after treatment for plasma cytokine analysis. (F) The IL-6 level was determined by ELISA assay. (G) The IFN-γ level was determined by ELISA assay. (H) The body weights of the experimental mice were recorded every 5 days. All values are presented as the mean±SEM; repeated-measure ANOVA (B), one-way ANOVA (F–H). ns, no significant differences; *p<0.05; OVH, oncolytic herpes simplex virus-1; YST-OVH, oncolytic herpes simplex virus-1 expressing PD-1 inhibitors; ANOVA, analysis of variance.