Several human diseases are caused by metabolism defects. Discovering the mechanisms that govern the onset and progression of human metabolism-related diseases is not a straightforward process. Computational approaches, such as the flux balance analysis, have been successfully used to extract useful knowledge on the metabolic dysregulation processes from genome-scale network models. In this work, we propose a novel approach which integrates constraint-based techniques with model checking methods, with the aim to extract relevant qualitative information from a metabolic network model. As a case study, we applied our methodology to the simulation and analysis of the primary hyperoxaluria type I, an inherited disease in which the lack of a particular liver enzyme causes the kidney to accumulate excessive amounts of oxalate.
Combining Flux Balance Analysis and Model Checking for Metabolic Network Validation and Analysis / Pagliarini, Roberto; Sangiovanni, Mara; Peron, Adriano; DI BERNARDO, Diego. - In: NATURAL COMPUTING. - ISSN 1567-7818. - 14:3(2015), pp. 341-354. [10.1007/s11047-014-9419-8]
Combining Flux Balance Analysis and Model Checking for Metabolic Network Validation and Analysis.
Sangiovanni Mara;PERON, ADRIANO;DI BERNARDO, DIEGO
2015
Abstract
Several human diseases are caused by metabolism defects. Discovering the mechanisms that govern the onset and progression of human metabolism-related diseases is not a straightforward process. Computational approaches, such as the flux balance analysis, have been successfully used to extract useful knowledge on the metabolic dysregulation processes from genome-scale network models. In this work, we propose a novel approach which integrates constraint-based techniques with model checking methods, with the aim to extract relevant qualitative information from a metabolic network model. As a case study, we applied our methodology to the simulation and analysis of the primary hyperoxaluria type I, an inherited disease in which the lack of a particular liver enzyme causes the kidney to accumulate excessive amounts of oxalate.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.