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ReviewComputational and structural biotechnology journal2021

Advances in flux balance analysis by integrating machine learning and mechanism-based models.

Ankur Sahu, Mary-Ann Blätke, Jędrzej Jakub Szymański, Nadine Töpfer

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Review in Computational and structural biotechnology journal, 2021. 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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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

36 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Ankur SahuLeibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK), Corrensstraße 3, 06466 Gatersleben, Germany.
Mary-Ann BlätkeLeibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK), Corrensstraße 3, 06466 Gatersleben, Germany.
Jędrzej Jakub SzymańskiLeibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK), Corrensstraße 3, 06466 Gatersleben, Germany.
Nadine TöpferLeibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK), Corrensstraße 3, 06466 Gatersleben, Germany.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The availability of multi-omics data sets and genome-scale metabolic models for various organisms provide a platform for modeling and analyzing genotype-to-phenotype relationships. Flux balance analysis is the main tool for predicting flux distributions in genome-scale metabolic models and various data-integrative approaches enable modeling context-specific network behavior. Due to its linear nature, this optimization framework is readily scalable to multi-tissue or -organ and even multi-organism models. However, both data and model size can hamper a straightforward biological interpretation of the estimated fluxes. Moreover, flux balance analysis simulates metabolism at steady-state and thus, in its most basic form, does not consider kinetics or regulatory events. The integration of flux balance analysis with complementary data analysis and modeling techniques offers the potential to overcome these challenges. In particular machine learning approaches have emerged as the tool of choice for data reduction and selection of most important variables in big data sets. Kinetic models and formal languages can be used to simulate dynamic behavior. This review article provides an overview of integrative studies that combine flux balance analysis with machine learning approaches, kinetic models, such as physiology-based pharmacokinetic models, and formal graphical modeling languages, such as Petri nets. We discuss the mathematical aspects and biological applications of these integrated approaches and outline challenges and future perspectives.

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Asn, asparagineC, carbonFlux balance analysisGenome-scale modelingGln, glutamineKinetic modelsMachine learningMulti-scale modelingN, nitrogenPetri-netsSuc, sucrose

Identifiers

PMID34471504
PMCPMC8382995

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