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Published on: May 21, 2018
Development of Fangjiomics for Systems Elucidation of Synergistic Mechanism Underlying Combination Therapy
Peng-Lu Wei1, Hao Gu1, Jun Liu1
1Institute of Basic Research in Clinical Medicine, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing 100700, China.
Abstract:
The rapid development of omics technology provides an opportunity for fulfilling the understanding of the synergistic mechanism of combination therapy. However, a systems theory to analyze synergy remains an ongoing challenge. Fangjiomics is a novel systems science based on a holistic theory integrated with reductionism which has been utilized to systematically elucidate the synergistic mechanisms underlying combination therapy using multi-target-, pathway- or network-based quantitative methods. Besides, our ability to understand the polyhierarchical structure in synergy is driven based on multi-level omics data fusion in Fangjiomics. According to the basic principle of "Jun-Chen-Zuo-Shi", further global integration across various omics platforms and phenotype-driven quantitative multi-scale modeling would accelerate development in Fangjiomics-based dissection of synergy in multi-drug combination therapies.
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