“…In the latter study, a synergistic effect of co-expression of BiP with PDI was reported, consistent with a previous study from this group reporting the overexpression of PDI alone in yeast significantly improves heterologous protein secretion (Robinson et al, 1994). In insect cells, overexpression of BiP, PDI, or the cytosolic chaperone HSP70 has been shown to improve the solubility and secretion of Mab from baculovirus-infected cells (Ailor and Betenbaugh, 1998;Hsu and Betenbaugh, 1997;Hsu et al, 1996;Whiteley et al, 1997b). In general, it is difficult to draw firm conclusions from these conflicting reports, other than to note that production of mammalian recombinant proteins in yeast or insect cells can be enhanced by the co-expression of mammalian folding chaperones, foldases and their cofactors.…”