Applications of genome‐scale metabolic reconstructions

MA Oberhardt, BØ Palsson, JA Papin - Molecular systems biology, 2009 - embopress.org
The availability and utility of genome‐scale metabolic reconstructions have exploded since
the first genome‐scale reconstruction was published a decade ago. Reconstructions have …

[PDF][PDF] The potential of secondary metabolites from plants as drugs or leads against protozoan neglected diseases-part II

TJ Schmidt, SA Khalid, AJ Romanha, TMA Alves… - 2012 - lavierebelle.org
Infections with protozoan parasites are a major cause of disease and mortality in many
tropical countries of the world. Diseases caused by species of the genera Trypanosoma …

A protocol for generating a high-quality genome-scale metabolic reconstruction

I Thiele, BØ Palsson - Nature protocols, 2010 - nature.com
Network reconstructions are a common denominator in systems biology. Bottom–up
metabolic network reconstructions have been developed over the last 10 years. These …

Functional metabolic map of Faecalibacterium prausnitzii, a beneficial human gut microbe

A Heinken, MT Khan, G Paglia, DA Rodionov… - Journal of …, 2014 - Am Soc Microbiol
The human gut microbiota plays a central role in human well-being and disease. In this
study, we present an integrated, iterative approach of computational modeling, in vitro …

Drug repositioning for orphan diseases

D Sardana, C Zhu, M Zhang… - Briefings in …, 2011 - academic.oup.com
The need and opportunity to discover therapeutics for rare or orphan diseases are
enormous. Due to limited prevalence and/or commercial potential, of the approximately …

The genome of Onchocerca volvulus, agent of river blindness

JA Cotton, S Bennuru, A Grote, B Harsha, A Tracey… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
Human onchocerciasis is a serious neglected tropical disease caused by the filarial
nematode Onchocerca volvulus that can lead to blindness and chronic disability. Control of …

Genome-Scale Reconstruction of Escherichia coli's Transcriptional and Translational Machinery: A Knowledge Base, Its Mathematical Formulation, and Its Functional …

I Thiele, N Jamshidi, RMT Fleming… - PLoS computational …, 2009 - journals.plos.org
Metabolic network reconstructions represent valuable scaffolds for '-omics' data integration
and are used to computationally interrogate network properties. However, they do not …

The application of flux balance analysis in systems biology

EP Gianchandani, AK Chavali… - … : Systems Biology and …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
An increasing number of genome‐scale reconstructions of intracellular biochemical
networks are being generated. Coupled with these stoichiometric models, several systems …

Carbohydrate metabolism in trypanosomatids: New insights revealing novel complexity, diversity and species-unique features

PAM Michels, O Villafraz, E Pineda, MB Alencar… - Experimental …, 2021 - Elsevier
The human pathogenic trypanosomatid species collectively called the “TriTryp parasites”–
Trypanosoma brucei, Trypanosoma cruzi and Leishmania spp.–have complex life cycles …

Identification of Attractive Drug Targets in Neglected-Disease Pathogens Using an In Silico Approach

GJ Crowther, D Shanmugam, SJ Carmona… - PLoS neglected …, 2010 - journals.plos.org
Background The increased sequencing of pathogen genomes and the subsequent
availability of genome-scale functional datasets are expected to guide the experimental …