Plant molecular farming: A viable platform for recombinant biopharmaceutical production

B Shanmugaraj, CJ I. Bulaon, W Phoolcharoen - Plants, 2020 - mdpi.com
The demand for recombinant proteins in terms of quality, quantity, and diversity is increasing
steadily, which is attracting global attention for the development of new recombinant protein …

Chloroplast genomes: diversity, evolution, and applications in genetic engineering

H Daniell, CS Lin, M Yu, WJ Chang - Genome biology, 2016 - Springer
Chloroplasts play a crucial role in sustaining life on earth. The availability of over 800
sequenced chloroplast genomes from a variety of land plants has enhanced our …

Green giant—a tiny chloroplast genome with mighty power to produce high‐value proteins: history and phylogeny

H Daniell, S Jin, XG Zhu… - Plant biotechnology …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Free‐living cyanobacteria were entrapped by eukaryotic cells~ 2 billion years ago, ultimately
giving rise to chloroplasts. After a century of debate, the presence of chloroplast DNA was …

The potential for microalgae as bioreactors to produce pharmaceuticals

N Yan, C Fan, Y Chen, Z Hu - International journal of molecular sciences, 2016 - mdpi.com
As photosynthetic organisms, microalgae can efficiently convert solar energy into biomass.
Microalgae are currently used as an important source of valuable natural biologically active …

Plant glycosides and glycosidases: a treasure-trove for therapeutics

K Kytidou, M Artola, HS Overkleeft… - Frontiers in plant …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Plants contain numerous glycoconjugates that are metabolized by specific
glucosyltransferases and hydrolyzed by specific glycosidases, some also catalyzing …

[HTML][HTML] The potential of plants as a system for the development and production of human biologics

Q Chen, KR Davis - F1000Research, 2016 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The growing promise of plant-made biologics is highlighted by the success story of ZMapp™
as a potentially life-saving drug during the Ebola outbreak of 2014-2016. Current plant …

Role of orally induced regulatory T cells in immunotherapy and tolerance

TB Bertolini, M Biswas, C Terhorst, H Daniell… - Cellular …, 2021 - Elsevier
Oral antigen administration to induce regulatory T cells (Treg) takes advantage of regulatory
mechanisms that the gastrointestinal tract utilizes to promote unresponsiveness against food …

Recent achievements obtained by chloroplast transformation

M Adem, D Beyene, T Feyissa - Plant Methods, 2017 - Springer
Chloroplasts play a great role for sustained wellbeing of life on the planet. They have the
power and raw materials that can be used as sophisticated biological factories. They are rich …

[HTML][HTML] Oral delivery of novel human IGF-1 bioencapsulated in lettuce cells promotes musculoskeletal cell proliferation, differentiation and diabetic fracture healing

J Park, G Yan, KC Kwon, M Liu, PA Gonnella, S Yang… - Biomaterials, 2020 - Elsevier
Human insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1) plays important roles in development and
regeneration of skeletal muscles and bones but requires daily injections or surgical …

Oral delivery of protein drugs bioencapsulated in plant cells

KC Kwon, H Daniell - Molecular Therapy, 2016 - cell.com
Plants cells are now approved by the FDA for cost-effective production of protein drugs
(PDs) in large-scale current Good Manufacturing Practice (cGMP) hydroponic growth …