Probiotics, gut microbiota, and their influence on host health and disease

B Sánchez, S Delgado… - Molecular nutrition & …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The gastrointestinal tract of mammals hosts a high and diverse number of different
microorganisms, known as intestinal microbiota. Many probiotics were originally isolated …

Using genome-scale models to predict biological capabilities

EJ O'Brien, JM Monk, BO Palsson - Cell, 2015 - cell.com
Constraint-based reconstruction and analysis (COBRA) methods at the genome scale have
been under development since the first whole-genome sequences appeared in the mid …

[HTML][HTML] Towards bio-upcycling of polyethylene terephthalate

T Tiso, T Narancic, R Wei, E Pollet, N Beagan… - Metabolic …, 2021 - Elsevier
Over 359 million tons of plastics were produced worldwide in 2018, with significant growth
expected in the near future, resulting in the global challenge of end-of-life management. The …

Creation and analysis of biochemical constraint-based models using the COBRA Toolbox v. 3.0

L Heirendt, S Arreckx, T Pfau, SN Mendoza… - Nature protocols, 2019 - nature.com
Constraint-based reconstruction and analysis (COBRA) provides a molecular mechanistic
framework for integrative analysis of experimental molecular systems biology data and …

A consensus S. cerevisiae metabolic model Yeast8 and its ecosystem for comprehensively probing cellular metabolism

H Lu, F Li, BJ Sánchez, Z Zhu, G Li, I Domenzain… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Genome-scale metabolic models (GEMs) represent extensive knowledgebases that provide
a platform for model simulations and integrative analysis of omics data. This study …

Generation of genome-scale metabolic reconstructions for 773 members of the human gut microbiota

S Magnúsdóttir, A Heinken, L Kutt, DA Ravcheev… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
Genome-scale metabolic models derived from human gut metagenomic data can be used
as a framework to elucidate how microbial communities modulate human metabolism and …

iML1515, a knowledgebase that computes Escherichia coli traits

JM Monk, CJ Lloyd, E Brunk, N Mih, A Sastry… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
Figure 1 iML1515 genome-scale reconstruction.(a) The iML1515 model contains 1,515
open reading frames that encode enzymes that catalyze 2,719 reactions involving 1,192 …

BiGG Models: A platform for integrating, standardizing and sharing genome-scale models

ZA King, J Lu, A Dräger, P Miller… - Nucleic acids …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Genome-scale metabolic models are mathematically-structured knowledge bases that can
be used to predict metabolic pathway usage and growth phenotypes. Furthermore, they can …

Improving the phenotype predictions of a yeast genome‐scale metabolic model by incorporating enzymatic constraints

BJ Sánchez, C Zhang, A Nilsson… - Molecular systems …, 2017 - embopress.org
Genome‐scale metabolic models (GEM s) are widely used to calculate metabolic
phenotypes. They rely on defining a set of constraints, the most common of which is that the …

A linked organ-on-chip model of the human neurovascular unit reveals the metabolic coupling of endothelial and neuronal cells

BM Maoz, A Herland, EA FitzGerald, T Grevesse… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
The neurovascular unit (NVU) regulates metabolic homeostasis as well as drug
pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics in the central nervous system. Metabolic fluxes …