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Handbook of research on systems biology applications in medicine
Title:
Handbook of research on systems biology applications in medicine
Author:
Daskalaki, Andriani.
ISBN:
9781605660776
Publication Information:
Hershey, Pa. : IGI Global (701 E. Chocolate Avenue, Hershey, Pennsylvania, 17033, USA), c2009.
Physical Description:
electronic texts (2 v. (xl, 849, 18, 6 p.) : ill.) : digital files.
Contents:
Vol. 1. Section 1. Basic Concepts in Medical Systems Biology -- 1. Pathway Biology Approach to Medicine -- 2. Systems and Control Theory for Medical Systems Biology -- 3. Mathematical Description of Time Delays in Pathways Cross Talk -- 4. Deterministic Modeling in Medicine -- 5. Synthetic Biology as a Proof of Systems Biology --

Section 2. Advanced Computational Methods for Systems Biology -- 6. Computational Models for the Analysis of Modern Biological Data -- 7. Computer Aided Knowledge Discovery in Biomedicine --

Section 3. Genomics and Bioinformatics for Systems Biology -- 8. Function and Homology of Proteins Similar in Sequence: Phylogenetic Profiling -- 9. Computational Methods for the Prediction of GPCRs Coupling Selectivity -- 10. Bacterial B-Barrel Outer Membrane Proteins: A Common Structural Theme Implicated in a Wide Variety of Functional Roles --

Section 4. Experimental Techniques for Systems Biology -- 11. Clustering Methods for Gene-Expression Data -- 12. Uncovering Fine Structure in Gene Expression Profile by Maximum Entropy Modeling of cDNA Microarray Images and Kernel Density Methods -- 13. Gene Expression Profiling with the BeadArray (TM) Platform -- 14. The Affymetrix GeneChip (R) Microarray Platform -- 15. Alternative Isoform Detection Using Exon Arrays -- 16. Gene Expression in Microbial Systems for Growth and Metabolism -- 17. Alternative Splicing and Disease --

Section 5. Systems Biology and Aging -- 18. Mathematical Modeling of the Aging Process -- 19. The Sebaceous Gland: A Model of Hormonal Aging --

Section 6. Systems Biology Applications in Medicine -- 20. Systems Biology Applied to Cancer Research -- 21. Systems Biology Strategies in Studies of Energy Homeostasis In Vivo -- 22. Approaching Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus by Systems Biology -- 23. Systems Biology and Infectious Diseases -- 24. Systems Biology of Human-Pathogenic Fungi --

Vol. 2. Section 7. Systems Biology and Drug Design -- 25. Development of Specific Gamma Secretase Inhibitors -- 26. In Machina Systems for the Rational De Novo Peptide Design -- 27. Applications of Metabolic Flux Balancing in Medicine --

Section 8. Data Integration and Data Mining -- 28. Multi-Level Data Integration and Data Mining in Systems Biology -- 29. Methods for Reverse Engineering of Gene Regulatory Networks -- 30. Data Integration for Regulatory Gene Module Discovery -- 31. Discrete Networks as a Suitable Approach for the Analysis of Genetic Regulation -- 32. Investigating the Collective Behavior of Neural Networks: A Review of Signal Processing Approaches -- 33. The System for Population Kinetics: Open Source Software for Population Analysis --

Section 9. Systems Biology in Photochemical Processes -- 34. Photosynthesis: How Proteins Control Excitation Energy Transfer -- 35. Photodynamic Therapy: A Systems Biology Approach -- 36. Modeling of Porphyrin Metabolism with PyBioS --

Section 10. Modeling Cellular Physiology - 37. Interference Microscopy for Cellular Studies -- 38. Fluorescence Imaging of Mitochondrial Long-Term Depolarization in Cancer Cells Exposed to Heat-Stress --

Section 11. Tools for Molecular Networks -- 39. Protein Interactions and Diseases -- 40. The Breadth and Depth of BioMedical Molecular Networks: The Reactome Perspective --

Section 12. Mathematical Modeling Approaches -- 41. Entropy and Thermodynamics in Biomolecular Simulation -- 42. Model Development and Decomposition in Physiology -- 43. A Pandemic Avian Influenza Mathematical Model -- 44. Dengue Fever: A Mathematical Model with Immunization Program --

Section 13. Data Processing in Histopathology -- 45. Automated Image Analysis Approaches in Histopathology.
Abstract:
"This book highlights the use of systems approaches including genomic, cellular, proteomic, metabolomic, bioinformatics, molecular, and biochemical, to address fundamental questions in complex diseases like cancer diabetes but also in ageing"--Provided by publisher.
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