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ArticleBMC bioinformatics2009

Integrative modeling of transcriptional regulation in response to antirheumatic therapy.

Michael Hecker, Robert Hermann Goertsches, Robby Engelmann, Hans-Juergen Thiesen, Reinhard Guthke

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Article in BMC bioinformatics, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers.

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5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Michael HeckerLeibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology - Hans-Knoell-Institute, Jena, Germany. michael.hecker@hki-jena.de
Robert Hermann Goertsches
Robby Engelmann
Hans-Juergen Thiesen
Reinhard Guthke
University of Rostock · DELeibniz-Institut für Naturstoff-Forschung und Infektionsbiologie e. V. - Hans-Knöll-Institut (HKI) · DE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe investigation of gene regulatory networks is an important issue in molecular systems biology and significant progress has been made by combining different types of biological data. The purpose of this study was to characterize the transcriptional program induced by etanercept therapy in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Etanercept is known to reduce disease symptoms and progression in RA, but the underlying molecular mechanisms have not been fully elucidated.

resultsUsing a DNA microarray dataset providing genome-wide expression profiles of 19 RA patients within the first week of therapy we identified significant transcriptional changes in 83 genes. Most of these genes are known to control the human body's immune response. A novel algorithm called TILAR was then applied to construct a linear network model of the genes' regulatory interactions. The inference method derives a model from the data based on the Least Angle Regression while incorporating DNA-binding site information. As a result we obtained a scale-free network that exhibits a self-regulating and highly parallel architecture, and reflects the pleiotropic immunological role of the therapeutic target TNF-alpha. Moreover, we could show that our integrative modeling strategy performs much better than algorithms using gene expression data alone.

conclusionWe present TILAR, a method to deduce gene regulatory interactions from gene expression data by integrating information on transcription factor binding sites. The inferred network uncovers gene regulatory effects in response to etanercept and thus provides useful hypotheses about the drug's mechanisms of action.

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Gene Expression RegulationTranscription, GeneticAntirheumatic AgentsComputational BiologyEtanerceptGene Expression ProfilingGene Regulatory NetworksHumansImmunoglobulin GOligonucleotide Array Sequence AnalysisReceptors, Tumor Necrosis FactorRheumatic DiseasesAntirheumatic AgentsEtanerceptImmunoglobulin GReceptors, Tumor Necrosis Factor

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PMID19703281
PMCPMC2757030
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