Systems biology of angiogenesis signaling: Computational models and omics

Y Zhang, H Wang, RHM Oliveira… - WIREs mechanisms …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Angiogenesis is a highly regulated multiscale process that involves a plethora of cells, their
cellular signal transduction, activation, proliferation, differentiation, as well as their …

Magnesium incorporation in fibrinogen scaffolds promotes macrophage polarization towards M2 phenotype

M Bessa-Gonçalves, C Ribeiro-Machado, M Costa… - Acta Biomaterialia, 2023 - Elsevier
The host inflammatory response to biomaterials conditions their capacity to promote tissue
repair, and macrophage polarization shift from M1 to M2 is determinant in this process …

Evaluation of M1 and M2 macrophages in ovarian endometriomas from women affected by endometriosis at different stages of the disease

AS Lagana, FM Salmeri, H Ban Frangež… - Gynecological …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Endometriosis is an estrogen-dependent disease defined by the presence and growth of
functional endometrial-like tissue, glands and stroma, outside the uterine cavity …

IL-1β and TNFα differentially influence NF-κB activity and FasL-induced apoptosis in primary murine hepatocytes during LPS-induced inflammation

J Rex, A Lutz, LE Faletti, U Albrecht, M Thomas… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Macrophage-derived cytokines largely influence the behavior of hepatocytes during an
inflammatory response. We previously reported that both TNFα and IL-1β, which are …

Virtual populations for quantitative systems pharmacology models

Y Cheng, R Straube, AE Alnaif, L Huang, TA Leil… - Systems Medicine, 2022 - Springer
Quantitative systems pharmacology (QSP) places an emphasis on dynamic systems
modeling, incorporating considerations from systems biology modeling and …

Transcriptional and microenvironmental landscape of macrophage transition in cancer: A boolean analysis

U Avila-Ponce de León, A Vázquez-Jiménez… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The balance between pro-and anti-inflammatory immune system responses is crucial to face
and counteract complex diseases such as cancer. Macrophages are an essential population …

Multiplicity of mathematical modeling strategies to search for molecular and cellular insights into bacteria lung infection

M Cantone, G Santos, P Wentker, X Lai… - Frontiers in physiology, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Even today two bacterial lung infections, namely pneumonia and tuberculosis, are among
the 10 most frequent causes of death worldwide. These infections still lack effective …

A data-driven computational model enables integrative and mechanistic characterization of dynamic macrophage polarization

C Zhao, TX Medeiros, RJ Sové, BH Annex, AS Popel - Iscience, 2021 - cell.com
Macrophages are highly plastic immune cells that dynamically integrate microenvironmental
signals to shape their own functional phenotypes, a process known as polarization. Here we …

Cancer mutationscape: revealing the link between modular restructuring and intervention efficacy among mutations

D Plaugher, D Murrugarra - NPJ Systems Biology and Applications, 2024 - nature.com
There is increasing evidence that biological systems are modular in both structure and
function. Complex biological signaling networks such as gene regulatory networks (GRNs) …

Computational approach to identifying universal macrophage biomarkers

D Dang, S Taheri, S Das, P Ghosh, LS Prince… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Macrophages engulf and digest microbes, cellular debris, and various disease-associated
cells throughout the body. Understanding the dynamics of macrophage gene expression is …