Title
A Mathematical Model for Optimal Functional Disruption of Biochemical Networks
Abstract
Biochemical networks are a particular kind of biological networks which describe the cell metabolism and regulate various biological functions, from biochemical pathways to cell growth. The relationship between structure, function and regulation in complex cellular networks is still a largely open question. This complexity calls for proper mathematical models and methods relating network structure and functional properties. In this paper we focus on the problem of drug targets’ identification by detecting network alteration strategies which lead to a cell functionality loss. We propose a mathematical model, based on a bi-level programming formulation, to obtain the minimum cost disruption policy through the identification of specific gene deletions. These deletions represent drug target identification of new drug treatments for hindering bacterial infections.
Year
DOI
Venue
2010
10.1007/s10852-009-9118-0
J. Math. Model. Algorithms
Keywords
Field
DocType
biochemical networks · drug design · mathematical modeling · bi-level programming,drug design,drug targeting,cell growth,cellular network,mathematical model,structure function,biological network
Biological network,Gene Deletions,Drug target,Cellular network,Artificial intelligence,Computational biology,Bioinformatics,Mathematical model,Machine learning,Mathematics,Network structure
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
9
1
1572-9214
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
1
0.36
9
Authors
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Guglielmo Lulli120518.82
Enza Messina221423.18
Francesco Archetti314020.73
Stefano Lanzeni4654.76