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Mochan E, Sego TJ. Mathematical Modeling of the Lethal Synergism of Coinfecting Pathogens in Respiratory Viral Infections: A Review. Microorganisms 2023; 11:2974. [PMID: 38138118 PMCID: PMC10745501 DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms11122974] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2023] [Revised: 12/05/2023] [Accepted: 12/08/2023] [Indexed: 12/24/2023] Open
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Influenza A virus (IAV) infections represent a substantial global health challenge and are often accompanied by coinfections involving secondary viruses or bacteria, resulting in increased morbidity and mortality. The clinical impact of coinfections remains poorly understood, with conflicting findings regarding fatality. Isolating the impact of each pathogen and mechanisms of pathogen synergy during coinfections is challenging and further complicated by host and pathogen variability and experimental conditions. Factors such as cytokine dysregulation, immune cell function alterations, mucociliary dysfunction, and changes to the respiratory tract epithelium have been identified as contributors to increased lethality. The relative significance of these factors depends on variables such as pathogen types, infection timing, sequence, and inoculum size. Mathematical biological modeling can play a pivotal role in shedding light on the mechanisms of coinfections. Mathematical modeling enables the quantification of aspects of the intra-host immune response that are difficult to assess experimentally. In this narrative review, we highlight important mechanisms of IAV coinfection with bacterial and viral pathogens and survey mathematical models of coinfection and the insights gained from them. We discuss current challenges and limitations facing coinfection modeling, as well as current trends and future directions toward a complete understanding of coinfection using mathematical modeling and computer simulation.
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- Ericka Mochan
- Department of Computational and Chemical Sciences, Carlow University, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA;
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Goekeri C, Pennitz P, Groenewald W, Behrendt U, Kirsten H, Zobel CM, Berger S, Heinz GA, Mashreghi MF, Wienhold SM, Dietert K, Dorhoi A, Gruber AD, Scholz M, Rohde G, Suttorp N, Witzenrath M, Nouailles G. MicroRNA-223 Dampens Pulmonary Inflammation during Pneumococcal Pneumonia. Cells 2023; 12:cells12060959. [PMID: 36980300 PMCID: PMC10047070 DOI: 10.3390/cells12060959] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2023] [Revised: 03/07/2023] [Accepted: 03/16/2023] [Indexed: 03/29/2023] Open
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Community-acquired pneumonia remains a major contributor to global communicable disease-mediated mortality. Neutrophils play a leading role in trying to contain bacterial lung infection, but they also drive detrimental pulmonary inflammation, when dysregulated. Here we aimed at understanding the role of microRNA-223 in orchestrating pulmonary inflammation during pneumococcal pneumonia. Serum microRNA-223 was measured in patients with pneumococcal pneumonia and in healthy subjects. Pulmonary inflammation in wild-type and microRNA-223-knockout mice was assessed in terms of disease course, histopathology, cellular recruitment and evaluation of inflammatory protein and gene signatures following pneumococcal infection. Low levels of serum microRNA-223 correlated with increased disease severity in pneumococcal pneumonia patients. Prolonged neutrophilic influx into the lungs and alveolar spaces was detected in pneumococci-infected microRNA-223-knockout mice, possibly accounting for aggravated histopathology and acute lung injury. Expression of microRNA-223 in wild-type mice was induced by pneumococcal infection in a time-dependent manner in whole lungs and lung neutrophils. Single-cell transcriptome analyses of murine lungs revealed a unique profile of antimicrobial and cellular maturation genes that are dysregulated in neutrophils lacking microRNA-223. Taken together, low levels of microRNA-223 in human pneumonia patient serum were associated with increased disease severity, whilst its absence provoked dysregulation of the neutrophil transcriptome in murine pneumococcal pneumonia.
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- Cengiz Goekeri
- Department of Infectious Diseases, Respiratory Medicine and Critical Care, Charité—Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, 10117 Berlin, Germany
- Faculty of Medicine, Cyprus International University, 99040 Nicosia, Cyprus
- Correspondence: (C.G.); (G.N.)
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Respiratory Medicine and Critical Care, Charité—Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, 10117 Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Respiratory Medicine and Critical Care, Charité—Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, 10117 Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Respiratory Medicine and Critical Care, Charité—Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, 10117 Berlin, Germany
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- Institute for Medical Informatics, Statistics, and Epidemiology, Universität Leipzig, 04107 Leipzig, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Bundeswehrkrankenhaus Berlin, 10115 Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Respiratory Medicine and Critical Care, Charité—Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, 10117 Berlin, Germany
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- Therapeutic Gene Regulation, Deutsches Rheuma-Forschungszentrum Berlin (DRFZ), ein Institut der Leibniz-Gemeinschaft, 10117 Berlin, Germany
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- Therapeutic Gene Regulation, Deutsches Rheuma-Forschungszentrum Berlin (DRFZ), ein Institut der Leibniz-Gemeinschaft, 10117 Berlin, Germany
- Berlin Institute of Health at Charité—Universitätsmedizin Berlin, BIH Center for Regenerative Therapies (BCRT), 13353 Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Respiratory Medicine and Critical Care, Charité—Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, 10117 Berlin, Germany
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- Institute of Veterinary Pathology, Freie Universität Berlin, 14163 Berlin, Germany
- Veterinary Centre for Resistance Research (TZR), Freie Universität Berlin, 14163 Berlin, Germany
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- Institute of Immunology, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, 17493 Greifswald-Insel Riems, Germany
- Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, University of Greifswald, 17489 Greifswald, Germany
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- Institute of Veterinary Pathology, Freie Universität Berlin, 14163 Berlin, Germany
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- Institute for Medical Informatics, Statistics, and Epidemiology, Universität Leipzig, 04107 Leipzig, Germany
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Medical Clinic I, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main, 60596 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
- CAPNETZ STIFTUNG, 30625 Hannover, Germany
- Biomedical Research in Endstage and Obstructive Lung Disease Hannover (BREATH), German Center for Lung Research (DZL), 30625 Hannover, Germany
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Respiratory Medicine and Critical Care, Charité—Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, 10117 Berlin, Germany
- CAPNETZ STIFTUNG, 30625 Hannover, Germany
- German Center for Lung Research (DZL), 10117 Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Respiratory Medicine and Critical Care, Charité—Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, 10117 Berlin, Germany
- CAPNETZ STIFTUNG, 30625 Hannover, Germany
- German Center for Lung Research (DZL), 10117 Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Respiratory Medicine and Critical Care, Charité—Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, 10117 Berlin, Germany
- Correspondence: (C.G.); (G.N.)
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Wen L, Shi L, Kong XL, Li KY, Li H, Jiang DX, Zhang F, Zhou ZG. Gut Microbiota Protected Against pseudomonas aeruginosa Pneumonia via Restoring Treg/Th17 Balance and Metabolism. Front Cell Infect Microbiol 2022; 12:856633. [PMID: 35782123 PMCID: PMC9243233 DOI: 10.3389/fcimb.2022.856633] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2022] [Accepted: 05/12/2022] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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Backgrounds and Purpose The theory of “entero-pulmonary axis” proves that pneumonia leads to gut microbiota disturbance and Treg/Th17 immune imbalance. This study is aimed to explore the potential mechanism of fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) in the treatment of Pseudomonas aeruginosa pneumonia, in order to provide new insights into the treatment of pneumonia. Methods Pseudomonas aeruginosa and C57/BL6 mice were used to construct the acute pneumonia mouse model, and FMT was treated. Histopathological changes in lung and spleen were observed by HE staining. The expression of CD25, Foxp3 and IL-17 was observed by immunofluorescence. The proportion of Treg and Th17 cells was analyzed by flow cytometry. Serum IL-6, LPS, and IFN-γ levels were detected by ELISA. The expression of TNF-α, IFN-γ, IL-6, IL-2, Foxp3, IL-17, IL-10, and TGFβ1 in lung tissue homogenate was detected by qRT-PCR. 16S rRNA sequencing and non-targeted metabolomics were used to analyze gut microbiota and metabolism. Results Pseudomonas aeruginosa caused the decrease of body weight, food and water intake, lung tissue, and spleen injury in mice with pneumonia. Meanwhile, it caused lung tissue and serum inflammation, and Treg/Th17 cell imbalance in mice with pneumonia. Pseudomonas aeruginosa reduced the diversity and number of gut microbiota in pneumonia mice, resulting in metabolic disorders, superpathway of quinolone and alkylquinolone biosynthesis. It also led to the decrease of 2-heptyl-3-hydroxy-4(1H)-quinolone biosynthesis, and the enrichment of Amino sugar and nucleotide sugar metabolism. FMT with or without antibiotic intervention restored gut microbiota abundance and diversity, suppressed inflammation and tissue damage, and promoted an immunological balance of Treg/Th17 cells in mice with pneumonia. In addition, FMT inhibited the aerobactin biosynthesis, 4-hydroxyphenylacetate degradation, superpathway of lipopolysaccharide biosynthesis and L-arabinose degradation IV function of microbiota, and improved amino sugar and nucleotide sugar metabolism. Conclusions FMT restored the Treg/Th17 cells’ balance and improved inflammation and lung injury in mice with Pseudomonas aeruginosa pneumonia by regulating gut microbiota disturbance and metabolic disorder.
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- Long Wen
- Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, The First Hospital of Changsha, Changsha, China
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- The Fourth Hospital of Changsha, Changsha, China
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- Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, The First Hospital of Changsha, Changsha, China
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- Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, The First Hospital of Changsha, Changsha, China
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- Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, The First Hospital of Changsha, Changsha, China
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- Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, The First Hospital of Changsha, Changsha, China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China
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- Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, The First Hospital of Changsha, Changsha, China
- *Correspondence: Zhi-Guo Zhou,
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Cassidy T, Humphries AR. A mathematical model of viral oncology as an immuno-oncology instigator. MATHEMATICAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY-A JOURNAL OF THE IMA 2021; 37:117-151. [PMID: 31329873 DOI: 10.1093/imammb/dqz008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2018] [Revised: 02/15/2019] [Accepted: 03/26/2019] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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We develop and analyse a mathematical model of tumour-immune interaction that explicitly incorporates heterogeneity in tumour cell cycle duration by using a distributed delay differential equation. We derive a necessary and sufficient condition for local stability of the cancer-free equilibrium in which the amount of tumour-immune interaction completely characterizes disease progression. Consistent with the immunoediting hypothesis, we show that decreasing tumour-immune interaction leads to tumour expansion. Finally, by simulating the mathematical model, we show that the strength of tumour-immune interaction determines the long-term success or failure of viral therapy.
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- Tyler Cassidy
- Department of Mathematics and Statistics, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
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- Department of Mathematics and Statistics, McGill University, Montreal, Canada.,Department of Physiology, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
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Bertrams W, Jung AL, Schmeck B. Modeling of Pneumonia and Acute Lung Injury: Bioinformatics, Systems Medicine, and Artificial Intelligence. SYSTEMS MEDICINE 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-801238-3.11689-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Schirm S, Ahnert P, Berger S, Nouailles G, Wienhold SM, Müller-Redetzky H, Suttorp N, Loeffler M, Witzenrath M, Scholz M. A biomathematical model of immune response and barrier function in mice with pneumococcal lung infection. PLoS One 2020; 15:e0243147. [PMID: 33270742 PMCID: PMC7714238 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0243147] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/04/2020] [Accepted: 11/16/2020] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
Abstract
Pneumonia is one of the leading causes of death worldwide. The course of the disease is often highly dynamic with unforeseen critical deterioration within hours in a relevant proportion of patients. Besides antibiotic treatment, novel adjunctive therapies are under development. Their additive value needs to be explored in preclinical and clinical studies and corresponding therapy schedules require optimization prior to introduction into clinical practice. Biomathematical modeling of the underlying disease and therapy processes might be a useful aid to support these processes. We here propose a biomathematical model of murine immune response during infection with Streptococcus pneumoniae aiming at predicting the outcome of different treatment schedules. The model consists of a number of non-linear ordinary differential equations describing the dynamics and interactions of the pulmonal pneumococcal population and relevant cells of the innate immune response, namely alveolar- and inflammatory macrophages and neutrophils. The cytokines IL-6 and IL-10 and the chemokines CCL2, CXCL1 and CXCL5 are considered as major mediators of the immune response. We also model the invasion of peripheral blood monocytes, their differentiation into macrophages and bacterial penetration through the epithelial barrier causing blood stream infections. We impose therapy effects on this system by modelling antibiotic therapy and treatment with the novel C5a-inactivator NOX-D19. All equations are derived by translating known biological mechanisms into equations and assuming appropriate response kinetics. Unknown model parameters were determined by fitting the predictions of the model to time series data derived from mice experiments with close-meshed time series of state parameters. Parameter fittings resulted in a good agreement of model and data for the experimental scenarios. The model can be used to predict the performance of alternative schedules of combined antibiotic and NOX-D19 treatment. We conclude that we established a comprehensive biomathematical model of pneumococcal lung infection, immune response and barrier function in mice allowing simulations of new treatment schedules. We aim to validate the model on the basis of further experimental data. We also plan the inclusion of further novel therapy principles and the translation of the model to the human situation in the near future.
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- Sibylle Schirm
- Institute for Medical Informatics, Statistics and Epidemiology, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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- Institute for Medical Informatics, Statistics and Epidemiology, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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- Division of Pulmonary Inflammation, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, Berlin, Germany
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- Division of Pulmonary Inflammation, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, Berlin, Germany
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- Division of Pulmonary Inflammation, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, Berlin, Germany
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- Division of Pulmonary Inflammation, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, Berlin, Germany
- Department of Infectious Diseases and Respiratory Medicine, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Infectious Diseases and Respiratory Medicine, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, Berlin, Germany
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- Institute for Medical Informatics, Statistics and Epidemiology, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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- Division of Pulmonary Inflammation, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, Berlin, Germany
- Department of Infectious Diseases and Respiratory Medicine, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, Berlin, Germany
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- Institute for Medical Informatics, Statistics and Epidemiology, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
- LIFE Research Center of Civilization Diseases, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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Minucci S, Heise RL, Valentine MS, Kamga Gninzeko FJ, Reynolds AM. Mathematical modeling of ventilator-induced lung inflammation. BIORXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR BIOLOGY 2020. [PMID: 33236015 DOI: 10.1101/2020.06.03.132258] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
Abstract
Respiratory infections, such as the novel coronavirus (SARS-COV-2) and other lung injuries, damage the pulmonary epithelium. In the most severe cases this leads to acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). Due to respiratory failure associated with ARDS, the clinical intervention is the use of mechanical ventilation. Despite the benefits of mechanical ventilators, prolonged or misuse of these ventilators may lead to ventilation-associated/ventilation-induced lung injury (VILI). Damage caused to epithelial cells within the alveoli can lead to various types of complications and increased mortality rates. A key component of the immune response is recruitment of macrophages, immune cells that differentiate into phenotypes with unique pro- and/or anti-inflammatory roles based on the surrounding environment. An imbalance in pro- and anti-inflammatory responses can have deleterious effects on the individual's health. To gain a greater understanding of the mechanisms of the immune response to VILI and post-ventilation outcomes, we develop a mathematical model of interactions between the immune system and site of damage while accounting for macrophage polarization. Through Latin hypercube sampling we generate a virtual cohort of patients with biologically feasible dynamics. We use a variety of methods to analyze the results, including a random forest decision tree algorithm and parameter sensitivity with eFAST. Analysis shows that parameters and properties of transients related to epithelial repair and M1 activation and de-activation best predicted outcome. Using this new information, we hypothesize inter-ventions and use these treatment strategies to modulate damage in select virtual cases.
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Rosolowski M, Oberle V, Ahnert P, Creutz P, Witzenrath M, Kiehntopf M, Loeffler M, Suttorp N, Scholz M. Dynamics of cytokines, immune cell counts and disease severity in patients with community-acquired pneumonia - Unravelling potential causal relationships. Cytokine 2020; 136:155263. [PMID: 32896803 DOI: 10.1016/j.cyto.2020.155263] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2020] [Revised: 08/17/2020] [Accepted: 08/18/2020] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
Abstract
BACKGROUND Community acquired pneumonia (CAP) is a severe and often rapidly deteriorating disease. To better understand its dynamics and potential causal relationships, we analyzed time series data of cytokines, blood and clinical parameters in hospitalized CAP patients. METHODS Time series data of 10 circulating cytokines, blood counts and clinical parameters were related to baseline characteristics of 403 CAP patients using univariate mixed models. Bivariate mixed models were applied to analyze correlations between the time series. To identify potential causal relationships, we inferred cross-lagged relationships between pairs of parameters using latent curve models with structured residuals. RESULTS IL-6 levels decreased faster over time in younger patients (Padj = 0.06). IL-8, VCAM-1, and IL-6 correlated strongly with disease severity as assessed by the sequential organ failure assessment (SOFA) score (r = 0.49, 0.48, 0.46, respectively; all Padj < 0.001). IL-6 and bilirubin correlated with respect to their mean levels and slopes over time (r = 0.36 and r = 0.46, respectively; Padj < 0.001). A number of potential causal relationships were identified, e.g., a negative effect of ICAM-1 on MCP-1, or a positive effect of the level of creatinine on the subsequent VCAM-1 concentration (P < 0.001). CONCLUSIONS These results suggest that IL-6 trajectories of CAP patients are associated with age and run parallel to bilirubin levels. The time series analysis also unraveled directed, potentially causal relationships between cytokines, blood parameters and clinical outcomes. This will facilitate the development of mechanistic models of CAP, and with it, improvements in treatment or surveillance strategies for this disease. TRIAL REGISTRATION clinicaltrials.gov NCT02782013, May 25, 2016, retrospectively registered.
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- Maciej Rosolowski
- Institute for Medical Informatics, Statistics and Epidemiology (IMISE), University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany.
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- Department of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine, Jena University Hospital, Jena, Germany
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- Institute for Medical Informatics, Statistics and Epidemiology (IMISE), University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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- Department of Infectious Diseases and Respiratory Medicine, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Infectious Diseases and Respiratory Medicine, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, Berlin, Germany
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- Integrated Biobank Jena (IBBJ) and Institute of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Diagnostics, Jena University Hospital, Jena, Germany
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- Institute for Medical Informatics, Statistics and Epidemiology (IMISE), University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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- Department of Infectious Diseases and Respiratory Medicine, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, Berlin, Germany
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- Institute for Medical Informatics, Statistics and Epidemiology (IMISE), University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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Cassidy T, Humphries AR, Craig M, Mackey MC. Characterizing Chemotherapy-Induced Neutropenia and Monocytopenia Through Mathematical Modelling. Bull Math Biol 2020; 82:104. [PMID: 32737602 DOI: 10.1007/s11538-020-00777-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2020] [Accepted: 07/11/2020] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
Abstract
In spite of the recent focus on the development of novel targeted drugs to treat cancer, cytotoxic chemotherapy remains the standard treatment for the vast majority of patients. Unfortunately, chemotherapy is associated with high hematopoietic toxicity that may limit its efficacy. We have previously established potential strategies to mitigate chemotherapy-induced neutropenia (a lack of circulating neutrophils) using a mechanistic model of granulopoiesis to predict the interactions defining the neutrophil response to chemotherapy and to define optimal strategies for concurrent chemotherapy/prophylactic granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF). Here, we extend our analyses to include monocyte production by constructing and parameterizing a model of monocytopoiesis. Using data for neutrophil and monocyte concentrations during chemotherapy in a large cohort of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia patients, we leveraged our model to determine the relationship between the monocyte and neutrophil nadirs during cyclic chemotherapy. We show that monocytopenia precedes neutropenia by 3 days, and rationalize the use of G-CSF during chemotherapy by establishing that the onset of monocytopenia can be used as a clinical marker for G-CSF dosing post-chemotherapy. This work therefore has important clinical applications as a comprehensive approach to understanding the relationship between monocyte and neutrophils after cyclic chemotherapy with or without G-CSF support.
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- Tyler Cassidy
- Theoretical Biology and Biophysics, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, 87545, USA
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- Department of Mathematics and Statistics, McGill University, Montréal, QC, H3A 0B9, Canada.,Department of Physiology, McGill University, Montréal, QC, H3A 0B9, Canada
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- Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Canada. .,CHU Sainte-Justine Research Centre, University of Montreal, Montréal, Canada.
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- Department of Physiology, McGill University, 3655 Drummond, Montréal, QC, H3G 1Y6, Canada.,Department of Mathematics and Statistics, McGill University, 3655 Drummond, Montréal, QC, H3G 1Y6, Canada.,Department of Physics, McGill University, 3655 Drummond, Montréal, QC, H3G 1Y6, Canada
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Przybilla J, Ahnert P, Bogatsch H, Bloos F, Brunkhorst FM, Bauer M, Loeffler M, Witzenrath M, Suttorp N, Scholz M. Markov State Modelling of Disease Courses and Mortality Risks of Patients with Community-Acquired Pneumonia. J Clin Med 2020; 9:jcm9020393. [PMID: 32121038 PMCID: PMC7074475 DOI: 10.3390/jcm9020393] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2019] [Revised: 01/23/2020] [Accepted: 01/30/2020] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
Abstract
Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) is one of the most frequent infectious diseases worldwide, with high lethality. Risk evaluation is well established at hospital admission, and re-evaluation is advised for patients at higher risk. However, severe disease courses may develop from all levels of severity. We propose a stochastic continuous-time Markov model describing daily development of time courses of CAP severity. Disease states were defined based on the Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (SOFA) score. Model calibration was based on longitudinal data from 2838 patients with a primary diagnosis of CAP from four clinical studies (PROGRESS, MAXSEP, SISPCT, VISEP). We categorized CAP severity into five disease states and estimated transition probabilities for CAP progression between these states and corresponding sojourn times. Good agreement between model predictions and clinical data was observed. Time courses of mortality were correctly predicted for up to 28 days, including validation with patient data not used for model calibration. We conclude that CAP disease course follows a Markov process, suggesting the necessity of daily monitoring and re-evaluation of patient's risk. Our model can be used for regular updates of risk assessments of patients and could improve the design of clinical trials by estimating transition rates for different risk groups.
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- Jens Przybilla
- Institute for Medical Informatics, Statistics and Epidemiology (IMISE), Universität Leipzig, Härtelstr. 16-18, 04107 Leipzig, Germany; (P.A.); (H.B.); (M.L.); (M.S.)
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +49-341-971-6182
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- Institute for Medical Informatics, Statistics and Epidemiology (IMISE), Universität Leipzig, Härtelstr. 16-18, 04107 Leipzig, Germany; (P.A.); (H.B.); (M.L.); (M.S.)
- German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Aulweg 130, 35392 Gießen, Germany; (M.W.); (N.S.)
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- Institute for Medical Informatics, Statistics and Epidemiology (IMISE), Universität Leipzig, Härtelstr. 16-18, 04107 Leipzig, Germany; (P.A.); (H.B.); (M.L.); (M.S.)
- Clinical Trial Centre Leipzig, Universität Leipzig, Härtelstr. 16-18, 04107 Leipzig, Germany
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Jena University Hospital, Am Klinikum 1, 07747 Jena, Germany; (F.B.); (F.M.B.); (M.B.)
- Center for Sepsis Control & Care (CSCC), Jena University Hospital, Am Klinikum 1, 07747 Jena, Germany
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Jena University Hospital, Am Klinikum 1, 07747 Jena, Germany; (F.B.); (F.M.B.); (M.B.)
- Center for Clinical Studies, Jena University Hospital, Salvador-Allende-Platz 27, 07747 Jena, Germany
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- Department of Infectious Diseases and Respiratory Medicine, Charité—Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Charitéplatz 1, 10117 Berlin, Germany;
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Jena University Hospital, Am Klinikum 1, 07747 Jena, Germany; (F.B.); (F.M.B.); (M.B.)
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- Institute for Medical Informatics, Statistics and Epidemiology (IMISE), Universität Leipzig, Härtelstr. 16-18, 04107 Leipzig, Germany; (P.A.); (H.B.); (M.L.); (M.S.)
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- German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Aulweg 130, 35392 Gießen, Germany; (M.W.); (N.S.)
- Department of Infectious Diseases and Respiratory Medicine, Charité—Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Charitéplatz 1, 10117 Berlin, Germany;
- Division of Pulmonary Inflammation, Charité—Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, Charitéplatz 1, 10117 Berlin, Germany
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- German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Aulweg 130, 35392 Gießen, Germany; (M.W.); (N.S.)
- Division of Pulmonary Inflammation, Charité—Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, Charitéplatz 1, 10117 Berlin, Germany
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- Institute for Medical Informatics, Statistics and Epidemiology (IMISE), Universität Leipzig, Härtelstr. 16-18, 04107 Leipzig, Germany; (P.A.); (H.B.); (M.L.); (M.S.)
- German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Aulweg 130, 35392 Gießen, Germany; (M.W.); (N.S.)
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McDaniel M, Keller JM, White S, Baird A. A Whole-Body Mathematical Model of Sepsis Progression and Treatment Designed in the BioGears Physiology Engine. Front Physiol 2019; 10:1321. [PMID: 31681022 PMCID: PMC6813930 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2019.01321] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2019] [Accepted: 10/01/2019] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Sepsis is a debilitating condition associated with a high mortality rate that greatly strains hospital resources. Though advances have been made in improving sepsis diagnosis and treatment, our understanding of the disease is far from complete. Mathematical modeling of sepsis has the potential to explore underlying biological mechanisms and patient phenotypes that contribute to variability in septic patient outcomes. We developed a comprehensive, whole-body mathematical model of sepsis pathophysiology using the BioGears Engine, a robust open-source virtual human modeling project. We describe the development of a sepsis model and the physiologic response within the BioGears framework. We then define and simulate scenarios that compare sepsis treatment regimens. As such, we demonstrate the utility of this model as a tool to augment sepsis research and as a training platform to educate medical staff.
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- Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, WISH Simulation Center, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States
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- Applied Research Associates, Raleigh, NC, United States
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- Applied Research Associates, Raleigh, NC, United States
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Thorsted A, Bouchene S, Tano E, Castegren M, Lipcsey M, Sjölin J, Karlsson MO, Friberg LE, Nielsen EI. A non-linear mixed effect model for innate immune response: In vivo kinetics of endotoxin and its induction of the cytokines tumor necrosis factor alpha and interleukin-6. PLoS One 2019; 14:e0211981. [PMID: 30789941 PMCID: PMC6383944 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0211981] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2018] [Accepted: 01/24/2019] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
Abstract
Endotoxin, a component of the outer membrane of Gram-negative bacteria, has been extensively studied as a stimulator of the innate immune response. However, the temporal aspects and exposure-response relationship of endotoxin and resulting cytokine induction and tolerance development is less well defined. The aim of this work was to establish an in silico model that simultaneously captures and connects the in vivo time-courses of endotoxin, tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-α), interleukin-6 (IL-6), and associated tolerance development. Data from six studies of porcine endotoxemia in anesthetized piglets (n = 116) were combined and used in the analysis, with purified endotoxin (Escherichia coli O111:B4) being infused intravenously for 1–30 h in rates of 0.063–16.0 μg/kg/h across studies. All data were modelled simultaneously by means of importance sampling in the non-linear mixed effects modelling software NONMEM. The infused endotoxin followed one-compartment disposition and non-linear elimination, and stimulated the production of TNF-α to describe the rapid increase in plasma concentration. Tolerance development, observed as declining TNF-α concentration with continued infusion of endotoxin, was also driven by endotoxin as a concentration-dependent increase in the potency parameter related to TNF-α production (EC50). Production of IL-6 was stimulated by both endotoxin and TNF-α, and four consecutive transit compartments described delayed increase in plasma IL-6. A model which simultaneously account for the time-courses of endotoxin and two immune response markers, the cytokines TNF-α and IL-6, as well as the development of endotoxin tolerance, was successfully established. This model-based approach is unique in its description of the time-courses and their interrelation and may be applied within research on immune response to bacterial endotoxin, or in pre-clinical pharmaceutical research when dealing with study design or translational aspects.
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- Anders Thorsted
- Pharmacometrics Research Group, Department of Pharmaceutical Biosciences, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Pharmacometrics Research Group, Department of Pharmaceutical Biosciences, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Section of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Medicine, Department of Medical Sciences, Uppsala University Hospital, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Section of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medical Sciences, Uppsala University Hospital, Uppsala, Sweden
- Division of Perioperative Medicine and Intensive Care, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
- Department of Clinical Science, Intervention and Technology, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Hedenstierna Laboratory, Section of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, Department of Surgical Sciences, Uppsala University Hospital, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Section of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medical Sciences, Uppsala University Hospital, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Pharmacometrics Research Group, Department of Pharmaceutical Biosciences, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Pharmacometrics Research Group, Department of Pharmaceutical Biosciences, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Pharmacometrics Research Group, Department of Pharmaceutical Biosciences, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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Cantone M, Santos G, Wentker P, Lai X, Vera J. Multiplicity of Mathematical Modeling Strategies to Search for Molecular and Cellular Insights into Bacteria Lung Infection. Front Physiol 2017; 8:645. [PMID: 28912729 PMCID: PMC5582318 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2017.00645] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2017] [Accepted: 08/16/2017] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Even today two bacterial lung infections, namely pneumonia and tuberculosis, are among the 10 most frequent causes of death worldwide. These infections still lack effective treatments in many developing countries and in immunocompromised populations like infants, elderly people and transplanted patients. The interaction between bacteria and the host is a complex system of interlinked intercellular and the intracellular processes, enriched in regulatory structures like positive and negative feedback loops. Severe pathological condition can emerge when the immune system of the host fails to neutralize the infection. This failure can result in systemic spreading of pathogens or overwhelming immune response followed by a systemic inflammatory response. Mathematical modeling is a promising tool to dissect the complexity underlying pathogenesis of bacterial lung infection at the molecular, cellular and tissue levels, and also at the interfaces among levels. In this article, we introduce mathematical and computational modeling frameworks that can be used for investigating molecular and cellular mechanisms underlying bacterial lung infection. Then, we compile and discuss published results on the modeling of regulatory pathways and cell populations relevant for lung infection and inflammation. Finally, we discuss how to make use of this multiplicity of modeling approaches to open new avenues in the search of the molecular and cellular mechanisms underlying bacterial infection in the lung.
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- Laboratory of Systems Tumor Immunology, Department of Dermatology, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg and Universitätsklinikum ErlangenErlangen, Germany
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Craig M. Towards Quantitative Systems Pharmacology Models of Chemotherapy-Induced Neutropenia. CPT Pharmacometrics Syst Pharmacol 2017; 6:293-304. [PMID: 28418603 PMCID: PMC5445232 DOI: 10.1002/psp4.12191] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2017] [Revised: 02/21/2017] [Accepted: 02/21/2017] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Neutropenia is a serious toxic complication of chemotherapeutic treatment. For years, mathematical models have been developed to better predict hematological outcomes during chemotherapy in both the traditional pharmaceutical sciences and mathematical biology disciplines. An increasing number of quantitative systems pharmacology (QSP) models that combine systems approaches, physiology, and pharmacokinetics/pharmacodynamics have been successfully developed. Here, I detail the shift towards QSP efforts, emphasizing the importance of incorporating systems-level physiological considerations in pharmacometrics.
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- M Craig
- Program for Evolutionary Dynamics, Harvard UniversityCambridgeMassachusettsUSA
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