Breast tumor-associated metalloproteases restrict reovirus oncolysis by cleaving the σ1 cell-attachment protein, and can be overcome by mutation of σ1
J. Fernandes, F. Cristi, H. E. Eaton, P. Chen, S. Haeflinger, I. Bernard, M. Hitt, M. Shmulevitz
This study shows that breast tumor-associated metalloproteases cleave reovirus σ1 protein, reducing infectivity, and demonstrates that a σ1 mutation can overcome this inactivation.
Journal of Virology · Nov 15, 2019Peer-reviewedMicrobiology