Systems biology approach highlights mechanistic differences between Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis.

ABSTRACT: The molecular mechanisms of IBD have been the subject of intensive exploration. We, therefore, assembled the available information into a suite of causal biological network models, which offer comprehensive visualization of the processes underlying IBD. Scientific text was curated by using Biological Expression Language (BEL) and compiled with OpenBEL 3.0.0. Network properties were analysed by Cytoscape. Network perturbation amplitudes were computed to score the network models with transcriptomic data from public data repositories. The IBD network model suite consists of three independent models that represent signalling pathways that contribute to IBD. In the "intestinal permeability" model, programmed cell death factors were downregulated in CD and upregulated in UC. In the "inflammation

SUBMITTER: Ruiz Castro PA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8169754 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature