Journal
CURRENT PHARMACEUTICAL DESIGN
Volume 16, Issue 20, Pages 2241-2251Publisher
BENTHAM SCIENCE PUBL LTD
DOI: 10.2174/138161210791792822
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Systems biology; models; transcriptomics; proteomics; data mining; bioinformatics
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- European Union [LSHG-CT-2006-037277]
- INSERM
- Hellenic Cardiological Society
- John F. Kostopoulos Foundation
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Systems biology has emerged as a major trend in biological research during the past decade. As living organisms are described in more and more detail, it aims at filling the gap between understanding basic molecular processes and complex biological systems in which new properties often emerge from the combination of these elementary processes. This approach culminates in the development of computer-based mathematical models of physiological and pathophysiological processes. We review the state of the art in dynamic modelling, with emphasis on two complementary approaches: the modelling of small systems that is mostly developed by academic teams and aims at understanding generic biological properties, and the modelling of large systems that is mostly implemented by industrial companies and aims at the generation of new therapeutic strategies. We also provide an example of such large-scale modelling applied to the identification of drug targets for neurodegeneration.
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