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Opportunities and Challenges in Building a Spatiotemporal Multi-scale Model of the Human Pancreatic β Cell.

Jitin Singla, Kyle M McClary, Kate L White, Frank Alber, Andrej Sali, Raymond C Stevens

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Review in Cell, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 36 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
36citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

36 citing papers in PubMed.

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  18. Bayesian metamodeling of complex biological systems across varying representations.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2021
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Jitin SinglaMolecular and Computational Biology, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA; Department of Biological Sciences, Bridge Institute, Michelson Center for Convergent Bioscience, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA.
Kyle M McClaryDepartment of Chemistry, Bridge Institute, Michelson Center for Convergent Bioscience, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA.
Kate L WhiteDepartment of Biological Sciences, Bridge Institute, Michelson Center for Convergent Bioscience, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA; Department of Chemistry, Bridge Institute, Michelson Center for Convergent Bioscience, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA.
Frank AlberMolecular and Computational Biology, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA; Department of Biological Sciences, Bridge Institute, Michelson Center for Convergent Bioscience, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA. Electronic address: alber@usc.edu.
Andrej SaliCalifornia Institute for Quantitative Biosciences, Department of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences, Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA. Electronic address: sali@salilab.org.
Raymond C StevensDepartment of Biological Sciences, Bridge Institute, Michelson Center for Convergent Bioscience, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA; Department of Chemistry, Bridge Institute, Michelson Center for Convergent Bioscience, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA. Electronic address: stevens@usc.edu.

Funding

TR&D Project 4. The Imaging Stage: Multiscale Spatiotemporal Modeling of Macromolecular Systems in Cellular NeighborhoodsP41GM109824 · NIGMS · ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY · PI ROUT, MICHAEL P · 2014 to 2023
$18.8M
IMP: Software for Hybrid Determination of Macromolecular Assembly StructuresR01GM083960 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI SALI, ANDREJ · 2008 to 2024
$5.2M
Computational Methods Towards the Spatio-Temporal Organization of the ProteomeR01GM096089 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA · PI ALBER, FRANK · 2011 to 2015
$1.6M
NIGMS NIH HHS P41 GM109824NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM083960NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM096089
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The construction of a predictive model of an entire eukaryotic cell that describes its dynamic structure from atomic to cellular scales is a grand challenge at the intersection of biology, chemistry, physics, and computer science. Having such a model will open new dimensions in biological research and accelerate healthcare advancements. Developing the necessary experimental and modeling methods presents abundant opportunities for a community effort to realize this goal. Here, we present a vision for creation of a spatiotemporal multi-scale model of the pancreatic β-cell, a relevant target for understanding and modulating the pathogenesis of diabetes.

Indexed as

Models, BiologicalComputational BiologyDrug DiscoveryHumansInsulin-Secreting CellsProteinsProteinsconvergent biosciencedata-driven modelingdiabetesintegrative modelingmodeling of dynamicsmulti-scale modelingpancreatic β–cellsstructure modelingWhole-cell modeling

Identifiers

PMID29570991
PMCPMC6014618

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