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. 2015 Jul 24;10(9):1329–1344. doi: 10.1002/biot.201400387

Table 2.

Examples of genetic manipulation in cell line development for vaccine manufacture

Cell origin Cell line name Type of vaccines Genetic manipulation in cell line development Ref.
HER (Human embryonic retinoblasts) HER.911 Designed for vectored vaccines (and viral vectors) based on E1‐deleted replication deficient human adenovirus type 5 Expression of the Ad serotype 5 (Ad5) sequence (nucleotides 79 – 5789) [99]
HER PER.C6 Constitutive expression of Ad5 E1A‐ and E1B‐encoding sequences (nucleotides 459–3510) under the control of the human phosphoglycerate kinase (PGK) promoter. [132]
Primary human amniocytes N52.E6 Constitutive expression of Ad5 E1A‐ and E1B‐encoding sequences (nucleotides 505–3522) under the control of the mouse PGK promoter [101]
HeLa GH329 Constitutive expression of Ad5 E1A‐ and E1B‐encoding sequences (nucleotides 511–3924) under the control of the mouse PGK promoter [100]
Primary muscovy AGE1.CR Propagation of attenuated MVA Constitutive expression of human Ad5 E1A [105]
duck cells AGE1.CA under control of the human PGK promoter and
(retina (CR), somite (CS) and amnion membrane (CA)) AGE1.CS Propagation of other viruses has also been demonstrated bovine growth hormone polyadenylation site and E1B is under control of herpes simplex virus thymidine kinase (HSV‐TK) promoter and polyadenylation site.
CHO (Chinese hamster ovary cells) CHO‐HBsAg Hepatitis B surface antigen HBsAg Constitutive expression of the HBsAg genes selected under methotrexate [106]
HEK 293 (Human embryonic kidney cells) HEK‐G VLP‐based vaccine for rabies Constitutive expression of the rabies virus G protein for continuous production of rabies virus VLPs [107]
RK13 (Rabbit kidney cells) J12#26 VLP‐based vaccine for Japanese encephalitis (JEV) centerConstitutive expression of C , prM, and E proteins from JEV, strain Beijing‐1 [133]
BHK‐21 (Hamster kidney cells) BJ‐ME Constitutive expression of codon‐optimized cDNA encoding JEV prM and E protein, strain SA14‐14‐2 [108]
MDCK (Canine kidney cells) MDCK SFS Attenuated influenza vaccine (attenuated by NS1 deletion) Establishment of two stable MDCK cell lines that show inducible expression of the allele B NS1 protein [134]