Zion Lee

ORCID: 0000-0002-6869-4198
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Research Areas
  • Viral Infectious Diseases and Gene Expression in Insects
  • Virus-based gene therapy research
  • CAR-T cell therapy research
  • CRISPR and Genetic Engineering
  • RNA modifications and cancer
  • Metabolism, Diabetes, and Cancer
  • RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
  • T-cell and B-cell Immunology
  • Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research
  • Cell Image Analysis Techniques
  • Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials
  • RNA Interference and Gene Delivery
  • Luminescence Properties of Advanced Materials
  • bioluminescence and chemiluminescence research
  • Medical Research and Treatments
  • Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism
  • RNA Research and Splicing
  • Immune Cell Function and Interaction
  • Radiation Detection and Scintillator Technologies

University of Minnesota
2018-2025

Calvin University
2016

Busan Institute of Science and Technology
2015

Abstract Recombinant adeno‐associated virus (rAAV) is among the most commonly used vectors for gene therapy. It produced by transfection of HEK293 cells with three plasmids each containing vector genome including interest (GOI), helper functions, and rep cap genes replication capsid formation. To meet potential clinical needs, productivity production system needs to be enhanced. A better process characterization will further advance our insights into ways enhance productivity. Here, we...

10.1002/btpr.3428 article EN cc-by-nc-nd Biotechnology Progress 2024-01-30

Influenza A virus (IAV) is a respiratory pathogen that has caused significant mortality throughout history and remains global threat to human health. Although much known about IAV replication, the regulation of replication dynamics not completely understood.

10.1128/jvi.02102-20 article EN cc-by Journal of Virology 2021-03-04

Recombinant adeno-associated viruses (rAAV) are important gene delivery vehicles for therapy applications. Their production relies on plasmid transfection or virus infection of producer cells, which pose a challenge in process scale-up. Here, we describe template transfection-free, helper virus-free rAAV cell line using synthetic biology approach. Three modules were integrated into HEK293 cells including an genome and multiple inducible promoters controlling the expression AAV Rep, Cap,...

10.1021/acssynbio.2c00207 article EN cc-by-nc-nd ACS Synthetic Biology 2022-10-11

Abstract Recombinant adeno‐associated virus (rAAV) is among the most commonly used in vivo gene delivery vehicles and has seen a number of successes clinical application. Current manufacturing processes rAAV employ multiple plasmid transfection or rely on infection face challenges scale‐up. A synthetic biology approach was taken to generate stable cell lines with integrated genetic modules, which produced upon induction albeit at low productivity. To identify potential factors that...

10.1002/bit.28562 article EN cc-by-nc-nd Biotechnology and Bioengineering 2023-09-25

Abstract The augmentation of transgene copy numbers is a prevalent approach presumed to enhance transcriptional activity and product yield. CHO cell lines engineered via targeted integration (TI) offer an advantageous platform for investigating the interplay between gene number, mRNA abundance, yield, quality. Our investigation revealed that incrementally elevating both IgG heavy chain (HC) light (LC) concurrently resulted in attainment plateaus levels titers, notably occurring beyond four...

10.1002/btpr.3433 article EN Biotechnology Progress 2024-02-06

For the biomanufacturing of protein biologics, establishing stable cell lines with high transgene transcription is critical for productivity. Modern genome engineering tools can direct insertion to a specified genomic locus and potentially become valuable tool line generation. In this study, authors survey integration sites their transcriptional activity identify characteristics desirable regions. A lentivirus containing destabilized Green Fluorescent Protein (dGFP) used infect Chinese...

10.1002/biot.201800226 article EN Biotechnology Journal 2018-07-19

Natural killer (NK) cells are in development for allogeneic immunotherapy; however, such use as off-the-shelf medicines, NK need to undergo ex vivo expansion, typically through activation with feeder and cytokines, generate sufficient clinical applications. Upon stimulation the presence of profound changes gene expression, altering their metabolic activity, cell cycle progression, growth behavior, but precise that drive this transformation remain poorly understood. In study, we identified...

10.1002/btm2.10747 article EN cc-by Bioengineering & Translational Medicine 2025-02-26

An important quality attribute of a recombinant adeno-associated virus (rAAV) as therapeutic vector is its infectivity. Current assays to quantify infectious rAAV rely on coinfection with helper such adenovirus (Ad), which requires preparation and introduces additional variability. A simple method that has high sensitivity removes the need for would improve assay consistency facilitate high-throughput applications producer cell line development. In this study, we describe stable was...

10.1089/hum.2022.001 article EN Human Gene Therapy 2022-12-24

Abstract The facilitated glucose transporter GLUT1 (SLC2A1) is an important mediator of homeostasis in humans. Though it found most cell types to some extent, the level expression across different can vary dramatically. Prior studies erythrocytes—which express particularly high levels GLUT1—have suggested that able form tetrameric complexes with enhanced transport activity. Whether dynamic aggregation also occurs more modest GLUT1, however, unclear. To address this question, we developed a...

10.1038/srep29130 article EN cc-by Scientific Reports 2016-06-30

Different regions of a mammalian genome have different accessibilities to transcriptional machinery. The integration site transgene affects how actively it is transcribed. Highly accessible genomic called super-enhancers been recently described as strong regulatory elements that shape cell identity. Super-enhancers identified in Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells using the Assay for Transposase-Accessible Chromatin Sequencing (ATAC-seq). Genes near super-enhancer had high transcript levels...

10.1002/bit.27701 article EN Biotechnology and Bioengineering 2021-02-01

10.1002/bit.27401 article EN Biotechnology and Bioengineering 2021-04-14
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