Salmonella -Mediated Cancer Therapy: An Innovative Therapeutic Strategy

作者：Ze Mi, Zhichao Feng, Cheng Li, Xiao Yang, Mengtian Ma, Pengfei Rong · 发表于：Journal of Cancer · 年份：2019 · DOI：10.7150/jca.32650 · 被引用次数：76 · 研究领域：Cancer Research and Treatments、Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics、Virus-based gene therapy research

Bacterial-mediated cancer therapy (BMCT) has become a hot topic in the area of antitumor treatment. Salmonella has been recommended to specifically colonize and proliferate inside tumors and even inhibit tumor growth. Salmonella typhimurium (S. typhimurium) is one of the most promising mediators, which can be easily manipulated. S. typhimurium has been engineered and designed as cancer-targeting therapeutics, and can be improved by combining with other therapeutic methods, e.g. chemotherapy and radiotherapy, which regulate the tumor microenvironment synergistically. In view of all these strengths, the engineered attenuated strains have significant advantages for tumor diagnosis and treatment. This treatment has also been approved by the FDA for clinical trial. In this review, we summarized the recent progress and research in the field of Salmonella -mediated cancer therapy.