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. 2016 Mar 3;100:3451–3461. doi: 10.1007/s00253-016-7388-9

Table 1.

Relevant bioprocess parameters for different mAb expression systems

Cell line Peak cell concentration Specific growth rate Specific productivity Yield STY Process type Reference
[106 cells/mL] [per day] [pg/cell/day] [g/L] [mg/(L × day)]
CHO 8.5 0.7 >50 0.9 121 Batch Reinhart et al. (2015)
23.9 0.7 >50 >5.8 345 Fed-batch Reinhart et al. (2015)
1.3 0.8 >2 0.04 2 Batch Lee et al. (2005)
27–33.5 n.a. >2 0.09–0.015 58–72 Perfusion Lee et al. (2005)
>10 0.7 57 >1 85 Fed-batch Zboray et al. (2015)
25; 26 n.a. 35; 49 10; 13 530; 730 Fed-batch Huang et al. (2010)
n.a. n.a. n.a. 9.8 470 Fed-batch Luan et al. (2006)
>200 n.a. 10–15 n.a. n.a. Perfusion Clincke et al. (2011)
<110 n.a. 9–13 n.a. n.a. Perfusion Clincke et al. (2013)
PER.C6 5 0.5 n.a. 0.3–0.5 42 Batch Jones et al. (2003)
>4 0.5 14–24 0.39 n.a. Batch De Kruif et al. (2010)
n.a. n.a. n.a. 8 n.a. Fed-batch Kuczewski et al. (2011)
≥150 n.a. n.a. 27a n.a. Perfusiona Kuczewski et al. (2011)
HEK 293b n.a. n.a. n.a. ≤0.3 43 Batch Hasegawa et al. (2014)
>2 n.a. 20 0.2 20 Batch Nallet et al. (2012)
2–4 n.a. 5–10 0.12–0.14c 24–28 Batch Jäger et al. (2013)
6–8 n.a. 5–10 0.1–0.6c <100 Fed-batch Jäger et al. (2013)
NS0 0.6–1.0 0.3–0.6 20–50 0.1–0.2 13–17 Batch Ho et al. (2012)
2.3 0.6–1.0 8–20 0.07 14 Batch Spens and Häggström (2007)
2.3–9.9 1.0 8–20 0.1–0.8 19–67 Fed-batch Spens and Häggström (2007)
2.4 0.5 1.9–13.4 0.24 17 Fed-batch Stansfield et al. (2007)

Values for the specific growth rate refer to the exponential growth phase

n .a. not available

aProduct and cell retention in an extreme density bioreactor

bTransient mAb expression

cProduct was a scFv-Fc antibody fragment