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The evolution of genome-scale models of cancer metabolism

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Lewis, Nathan E., Abdel-Haleem, Alyaa M.·2013·Frontiers in Physiology

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The importance of metabolism in cancer is becoming increasingly apparent with the identification of metabolic enzyme mutations and the growing awareness of the influence of metabolism on signaling, epigenetic markers, and transcription. However, the complexity of these processes has challenged our ability to make sense of the metabolic changes in cancer. Fortunately, constraint-based modeling, a systems biology approach, now enables one to study the entirety of cancer metabolism and simulate basic phenotypes. With the newness of this field, there has been a rapid evolution of both the scope of these models and their applications. Here we review the various constraint-based models built for cancer metabolism and how their predictions are shedding new light on basic cancer phenotypes, elucidating pathway differences between tumors, and dicovering putative anti-cancer targets. As the field continues to evolve, the scope of these genome-scale cancer models must expand beyond central metabolism to address questions related to the diverse processes contributing to tumor development and metastasis.

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Authors
Lewis, N. E., & Abdel-Haleem, A. M.
Affiliations
Brigham Young University (US)
Corresponding author
Lewis, Nathan E.
Venue
Frontiers in Physiology
Published
2013
Volume
4
Pages
237-237
ISSN
1664-042X (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2062581381
Cited by
87
References
70
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FWCI
0.66
Type
journal article
Language
en
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Licence
cc-by
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Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Cancer Research › Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Gene Regulatory Network Analysis
Keywords
cancer metabolism, genome-scale metabolic models, constraint-based modeling, tumor heterogeneity, anticancer drug targets, tumor phenotype, metastasis, central carbon metabolism

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