Abstract
Systemic inflammation needs a precise control on the sequence and magnitude of occurring events. The high throughput data on the host–pathogen interactions gives us an opportunity to have a glimpse on the systemic inflammation. In this article, a dynamic Candida albicans–zebrafish interactive infectious network is built as an example to demonstrate how systems biology approach can be used to study systematic inflammation. In particular, based on microarray data of C. albicans and zebrafish during infection, the hyphal growth, zebrafish, and host–pathogen intercellular PPI networks were combined to form an integrated infectious PPI network that helps us understand the systematic mechanisms underlying the pathogenicity of C. albicans and the immune response of the host. The signaling pathways for morphogenesis and hyphal growth of C. albicans were 2 significant interactions found in the intercellular PPI network. Two cellular networks were also developed corresponding to the different infection stages (adhesion and invasion), and then compared with each other to identify proteins to gain more insight into the pathogenic role of hyphal development in the C. albicans infection process. Important defense-related proteins in zebrafish were predicted using the same approach. This integrated network consisting of intercellular invasion and cellular defense processes during infection can improve medical therapies and facilitate development of new antifungal drugs.
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Chen, BS., Wu, CC. (2014). A Systems Biology Approach to Study Systemic Inflammation. In: De, R., Tomar, N. (eds) Immunoinformatics. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 1184. Humana Press, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-1115-8_23
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