Prospects for systems biology and modeling of the gut microbiome
Journal article, 2011

Abundant microorganisms that inhabit the human intestine are implicated in health and disease. The gut microbiome has been studied with metagenomic tools, and over 3 million genes have been discovered, constituting a 'parts list' of this ecosystem; further understanding requires studies of the interacting parts. Mouse models have provided a glimpse into the microbiota and host interactions at metabolic and immunologic levels; however, to provide more insight, there is a need to generate mathematical models that can reveal genotype-phenotype relationships and provide scaffolds for integrated analyses. To this end, we propose the use of genome-scale metabolic models that have successfully been used in studying interactions between human hosts and microbes, as well as microbes in isolation and in communities.

metabolic

butyrate

bacterial mutualism

receptor

diet-induced obesity

chain fatty-acids

human colonic microbiota

protein-coupled

reconstruction

networks

high-throughput

inflammatory bowel diseases

Author

Fredrik Karlsson

Chalmers, Chemical and Biological Engineering, Life Sciences

Intawat Nookaew

Chalmers, Chemical and Biological Engineering, Life Sciences

Dina Petranovic Nielsen

Chalmers, Chemical and Biological Engineering, Life Sciences

Jens B Nielsen

Chalmers, Chemical and Biological Engineering, Life Sciences

Trends in Biotechnology

0167-7799 (ISSN) 18793096 (eISSN)

Vol. 29 6 251-258

Subject Categories

Industrial Biotechnology

Areas of Advance

Life Science Engineering (2010-2018)

DOI

10.1016/j.tibtech.2011.01.009

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Created

10/7/2017