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ReviewAnnual review of immunology2011

Systems biology in immunology: a computational modeling perspective.

Ronald N Germain, Martin Meier-Schellersheim, Aleksandra Nita-Lazar, Iain D C Fraser

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Review in Annual review of immunology, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 111 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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111citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

111 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Ronald N GermainProgram in Systems Immunology and Infectious Disease Modeling, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease, Laboratory of Immunology, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA. rgermain@nih.gov
Martin Meier-Schellersheim
Aleksandra Nita-Lazar
Iain D C Fraser

Funding

Computational Biology in Systems Immunology and Infectious Disease ModelingZIAAI001076 · NIAID · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES · PI MEIER-SCHELLERSHEIM, MARTIN · 2009 to 2025
$25.4M
RNAi Screening in Hematopoietic CellsZIAAI001106 · NIAID · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES · PI FRASER, IAIN · 2009 to 2025
$12.4M
Analysis of Innate Immune Signaling NetworksZIAAI001107 · NIAID · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES · PI FRASER, IAIN · 2009 to 2025
$11.9M
Protein Modifications Involved in Cell SignalingZIAAI001084 · NIAID · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES · PI NITA-LAZAR, ALEKSANDRA · 2009 to 2025
$11.4M
Absolute Quantification of Molecular Representation and InteractionZIAAI001085 · NIAID · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES · PI NITA-LAZAR, ALEKSANDRA · 2009 to 2025
$10.7M
Immunology Team Contributions to the PSIIMZIAAI000974 · NIAID · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES · PI GERMAIN, RONALD N · 2009 to 2025
$6.9M
Quantitative Modeling of Lymphocyte Signaling PathwaysZIAAI001108 · NIAID · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES · PI FRASER, IAIN · 2009 to 2011
$552k
Intramural NIH HHS ZIA AI000974Intramural NIH HHS ZIA AI001106Intramural NIH HHS ZIA AI001107Intramural NIH HHS ZIA AI001108
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Systems biology is an emerging discipline that combines high-content, multiplexed measurements with informatic and computational modeling methods to better understand biological function at various scales. Here we present a detailed review of the methods used to create computational models and to conduct simulations of immune function. We provide descriptions of the key data-gathering techniques employed to generate the quantitative and qualitative data required for such modeling and simulation and summarize the progress to date in applying these tools and techniques to questions of immunological interest, including infectious disease. We include comments on what insights modeling can provide that complement information obtained from the more familiar experimental discovery methods used by most investigators and the reasons why quantitative methods are needed to eventually produce a better understanding of immune system operation in health and disease.

Indexed as

Models, ImmunologicalAnimalsComputer SimulationHumansImmune SystemInfectionsSystems Biology

Identifiers

PMID21219182
PMCPMC3164774

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