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ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2026

Reconstruction of human metabolic models with large language models.

Jiahao Luo, Hao Wang, Devlin Moyer, Zhetao Guo, Jonathan L Robinson, Johan Gustafsson, Mihail Anton, Yu Chen, Eduard J Kerkhoven, Jens Nielsen and 1 more

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Article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors.

Jiahao Luo *Institute of Biopharmaceutical and Health Engineering, Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen 518055, China.
Hao Wang *Department of Life Sciences, Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg SE-412 96, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0001-7475-0136
Devlin MoyerDepartment of Biology, Boston University, Boston, MA 02215.
Zhetao GuoInstitute of Biopharmaceutical and Health Engineering, Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen 518055, China.
Jonathan L RobinsonBioInnovation Institute, Copenhagen N DK2200, Denmark.
Johan GustafssonBroad Institute of Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard, Cambridge, MA 02142.
Mihail AntonDepartment of Life Sciences, Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg SE-412 96, Sweden.
Yu ChenKey Laboratory of Quantitative Synthetic Biology, Shenzhen Institute of Synthetic Biology, Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen 518055, China.ORCID 0000-0003-3326-9068
Eduard J KerkhovenDepartment of Life Sciences, Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg SE-412 96, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0002-3593-5792
Jens NielsenDepartment of Life Sciences, Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg SE-412 96, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0002-9955-6003
Feiran LiInstitute of Biopharmaceutical and Health Engineering, Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen 518055, China.ORCID 0000-0001-9155-5260

Funding

MOST | National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) 22478223Shenzhen Research Foundation A2403013
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Genome-scale metabolic models (GEMs) have become essential tools for understanding human metabolism. Here, we introduce Human2, a consensus human GEM with enhanced precision and biological relevance, which leverages large language models (LLMs) and GitHub Action checks to streamline automated, efficient, and collaborative curation. Human2 supports the reconstruction of tissue- and organ-specific models tailored to sex- and age-specific human groups. By integrating transcriptomic, proteomic, and kinetic data, we reveal distinct metabolic features across these groups, such as significant differences in arachidonic acid and leukotriene metabolism. The specific models were integrated into a dynamic whole-body framework, marking an enzyme-constrained dynamic model that simulates interorgan metabolite exchanges under varying nutritional states, from feeding to fasting. Our work highlights the transformative role of LLMs in GEM reconstruction and introduces a whole-body dynamic simulation that integrates kinetic data, offering a powerful resource for multiscale human metabolism modeling.

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Models, BiologicalFemaleHumansLarge Language Modelsgenome-scale metabolic modellarge language modelorgan-specific modelwhole-body model

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PMID41950094
PMCPMC13079975

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