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ArticleNature2025

A systems-level, semi-quantitative landscape of metabolic flux in C. elegans.

Hefei Zhang, Xuhang Li, L Tenzin Tseyang, Gabrielle E Giese, Hui Wang, Bo Yao, Jingyan Zhang, Rachel L Neve, Elizabeth A Shank, Jessica B Spinelli and 2 more

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Article in Nature, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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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

12 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors.

Hefei Zhang *Department of Systems Biology, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, Worcester, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-5187-7166
Xuhang Li *Department of Systems Biology, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, Worcester, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6071-9605
L Tenzin TseyangDepartment of Molecular Medicine, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, Worcester, MA, USA.ORCID 0009-0007-9410-3789
Gabrielle E GieseDepartment of Systems Biology, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, Worcester, MA, USA.
Hui WangShanghai Key Laboratory of Metabolic Remodeling and Health, Institute of Metabolism and Integrative Biology, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
Bo YaoShanghai Key Laboratory of Metabolic Remodeling and Health, Institute of Metabolism and Integrative Biology, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
Jingyan ZhangShanghai Key Laboratory of Metabolic Remodeling and Health, Institute of Metabolism and Integrative Biology, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
Rachel L NeveDepartment of Systems Biology, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, Worcester, MA, USA.
Elizabeth A ShankDepartment of Systems Biology, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, Worcester, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-4804-1966
Jessica B SpinelliDepartment of Molecular Medicine, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, Worcester, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-3657-4578
L Safak YilmazDepartment of Systems Biology, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, Worcester, MA, USA.
Albertha J M WalhoutDepartment of Systems Biology, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, Worcester, MA, USA. marian.walhout@umassmed.edu.ORCID 0000-0001-5587-3608

Funding

Transcription networks in C elegans organogenesisR01DK068429 · NIDDK · UNIV OF MASSACHUSETTS MED SCH WORCESTER · PI A. J. Marian Walhout · 2005 to 2026
$10.9M
Gene regulatory and metabolic network structure, function and evolutionR35GM122502 · NIGMS · UNIV OF MASSACHUSETTS MED SCH WORCESTER · PI A. J. Marian Walhout · 2017 to 2026
$8.3M
Investigating the molecules and mechanisms of bacterial cell-cell interactionsR35GM145261 · NIGMS · UNIV OF MASSACHUSETTS MED SCH WORCESTER · PI Elizabeth Anne Shank · 2022 to 2026
$2.5M
NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK068429NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM122502NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM145261
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Metabolic flux, or the rate of metabolic reactions, is one of the most fundamental metrics describing the status of metabolism in living organisms. However, measuring fluxes across the entire metabolic network remains nearly impossible, especially in multicellular organisms. Computational methods based on flux balance analysis have been used with genome-scale metabolic network models to predict network-level flux wiring

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Caenorhabditis elegansMetabolic Flux AnalysisModels, BiologicalAmino AcidsAnimalsCitric Acid CycleMetabolic Networks and PathwaysPentose Phosphate PathwayPhenotypePurinesAmino AcidspurinePurines

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PMID40011784
PMCPMC13019328

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