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ArticleMolecular systems biology2010

Insight into human alveolar macrophage and M. tuberculosis interactions via metabolic reconstructions.

Aarash Bordbar, Nathan E Lewis, Jan Schellenberger, Bernhard Ø Palsson, Neema Jamshidi

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Article in Molecular systems biology, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 151 papers.

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151citing papers in PubMed
9.3field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

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151 citing papers in PubMed, 262 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Aarash BordbarDepartment of Bioengineering, University of California, San Diego, Powell-Focht Bioengineering Hall, La Jolla, CA, USA.
Nathan E Lewis
Jan Schellenberger
Bernhard Ø Palsson
Neema Jamshidi
La Jolla Bioengineering Institute · USUniversity of California, San Diego · US

Funding

CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY/BIOENGINEERING TRAININGT32HL007089 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI CHIEN, SHU · 1985 to 2009
$9.3M
Network-based Analysis of Kinetics and RegulationR01GM068837 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI PALSSON, BERNHARD O · 2003 to 2012
$2.4M
SURFACE CHEMISTRY OF MYCOBACTERIAR01AI008401 · NIAID · NATIONAL JEWISH HEALTH · PI GOREN, MAYER B. · 1989 to 1989
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SURFACE CHEMISTRY OF MYCOBACTERIAR22AI008401 · NIAID · NATIONAL JEWISH HEALTH · PI GOREN, MAYER B. · 1985 to 1989
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NHLBI NIH HHS T32 HL007089NIAID NIH HHS Y01 AI008401NIAID NIH HHS Y1-AI-8401-01NIGMS NIH HHS GM068837NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM068837
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Metabolic coupling of Mycobacterium tuberculosis to its host is foundational to its pathogenesis. Computational genome-scale metabolic models have shown utility in integrating -omic as well as physiologic data for systemic, mechanistic analysis of metabolism. To date, integrative analysis of host-pathogen interactions using in silico mass-balanced, genome-scale models has not been performed. We, therefore, constructed a cell-specific alveolar macrophage model, iAB-AMØ-1410, from the global human metabolic reconstruction, Recon 1. The model successfully predicted experimentally verified ATP and nitric oxide production rates in macrophages. This model was then integrated with an M. tuberculosis H37Rv model, iNJ661, to build an integrated host-pathogen genome-scale reconstruction, iAB-AMØ-1410-Mt-661. The integrated host-pathogen network enables simulation of the metabolic changes during infection. The resulting reaction activity and gene essentiality targets of the integrated model represent an altered infectious state. High-throughput data from infected macrophages were mapped onto the host-pathogen network and were able to describe three distinct pathological states. Integrated host-pathogen reconstructions thus form a foundation upon which understanding the biology and pathophysiology of infections can be developed.

Indexed as

Models, BiologicalAdenosine TriphosphateComputational BiologyComputer SimulationDatabases, GeneticGenes, BacterialHost-Pathogen InteractionsHumansMacrophages, AlveolarMetabolic Networks and PathwaysMonte Carlo MethodMycobacterium tuberculosisNitric OxideAdenosine TriphosphateNitric Oxide

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PMID20959820
PMCPMC2990636
OpenAlexW1988136571

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