Publications by Divor Kiseljak

Boosted Pro-Inflammatory Activity in Human PBMCs by Lipopolysaccharide and SARS-CoV-2 Spike Protein Is Regulated by alpha-1 Antitrypsin

For the treatment of severe COVID-19, supplementation with human plasma-purified alpha-1 antitrypsin (AAT) to patients is currently considered. AAT inhibits host proteases that facilitate viral entry and possesses broad anti-inflammatory and immunomodulato ...

MDPI2021

Designs and Characterization of Subunit Ebola GP Vaccine Candidates: Implications for Immunogenicity

Florian Maria Wurm, Divor Kiseljak, Bruno Emanuel Ferreira De Sousa Correia, Sarah Wehrle

The humoral responses of Ebola virus (EBOV) survivors mainly target the surface glycoprotein GP, and anti-GP neutralizing antibodies have been associated with protection against EBOV infection. In order to elicit protective neutralizing antibodies through ...

FRONTIERS MEDIA SA2020

Transcriptional and post-transcriptional limitations of high-yielding, PEI-mediated transient transfection with CHO and HEK-293E cells

Florian Maria Wurm, Lucia Baldi Unser, David Hacker, Divor Kiseljak, Yashas Rajendra

Transient gene expression (TGE) in human embryonic kidney (HEK-293) and Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells is a well-established technology for the rapid generation of recombinant proteins. Although the maximum TGE yields have reached 1 g/L or more, the amo ...

American Chemical Society2015

Enhanced Plasmid DNA Utilization in Transiently Transfected CHO-DG44 Cells in the Presence of Polar Solvents

Florian Maria Wurm, Lucia Baldi Unser, David Hacker, Divor Kiseljak, Yashas Rajendra, Sowmya Balasubramanian

Although the protein yields from transient gene expression (TGE) with Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells have recently improved, the amount of plasmid DNA (pDNA) needed for transfection remains relatively high. We describe a strategy to reduce the pDNA amou ...

American Chemical Society2015

Polyethyleneimine-based transient gene expression processes for suspension-adapted HEK-293E and CHO-DG44 cells

Florian Maria Wurm, Lucia Baldi Unser, David Hacker, Divor Kiseljak, Yashas Rajendra, Sarah Thurnheer

Transient gene expression (TGE) from mammalian cells is an increasingly important tool for the rapid production of recombinant proteins for research applications in biochemistry, structural biology, and biomedicine. Here we review methods for the transfect ...

Elsevier2013

The Use of Valproic Acid in Transient Gene Expression with HEK-293E Cells

Divor Kiseljak

Transient gene expression (TGE) is a rapid method for the production of recombinant proteins. Recently, valproic acid (VPA), a well known histone deacetylase inhibitor, has been suggested for the use in cell cultures to enhance recombinant protein expressi ...

EPFL2013

Role of non-specific DNA in reducing coding DNA requirement for transient gene expression with CHO and HEK-293E cells

Florian Maria Wurm, Lucia Baldi Unser, David Hacker, Divor Kiseljak, Yashas Rajendra, Sagar Shashidhar Manoli

Transient gene expression (TGE) is a rapid method for the production of recombinant proteins in mammalian cells. While the TGE volumetric productivity has improved significantly over the past decade, the amount of plasmid DNA (pDNA) needed for transfection ...

2012

Reduced glutamine concentration improves protein production in growth-arrested CHO-DG44 and HEK-293E cells

Florian Maria Wurm, Lucia Baldi Unser, David Hacker, Divor Kiseljak, Yashas Rajendra

For most cultivated mammalian cells, glutamine is an essential medium component. However, glutamine consumption results in the production of ammonia, a cytotoxic byproduct. Here we investigated the effect of glutamine reduction on recombinant protein produ ...

Springer Netherlands2011

A simple high-yielding process for transient gene expression in CHO cells

Florian Maria Wurm, Lucia Baldi Unser, David Hacker, Divor Kiseljak, Yashas Rajendra

Here we describe a simplified method for transient gene expression (TGE) in suspension-adapted Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells using polyethylenimine (PEI) for DNA delivery. Both the transfection and production phases of the bioprocess were performed at ...

Elsevier2011

The use of filler DNA for improved transfection and reduced DNA needs in transient gene expression with CHO and HEK cells

Florian Maria Wurm, Lucia Baldi Unser, David Hacker, Divor Kiseljak, Yashas Rajendra, Sagar Shashidhar Manoli

2011

Influence of glutamine on transient and stable recombinant protein production in CHO and HEK-293 cells

Florian Maria Wurm, Lucia Baldi Unser, David Hacker, Divor Kiseljak, Yashas Rajendra

2011