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  • Biomedical Systems Analysis
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  • Mathematical Modeling

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  • Ordinary differential equations (ODEs) are the prevalent framework for biomedical systems analysis due to their flexibility and wide support.
  • Existing ODE models, including mass-action and power-law approximations like Biochemical Systems Theory (BST), struggle with nonlinear biomedical phenomena, discreteness, time delays, and stochasticity.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To introduce discrete Biochemical Systems Theory (dBST) as a novel alternative to ODE-based BST.
  • To demonstrate dBST's capability in modeling complex biomedical systems with features challenging for traditional ODEs.

Main Methods:

  • Developed discrete Biochemical Systems Theory (dBST) as a new modeling framework.
  • Applied dBST to model the dynamics of the aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR) signaling pathway, incorporating time delays and stochasticity.

Main Results:

  • dBST models exhibit comparable generality and practicality to BST-ODE models.
  • dBST effectively handles situations where ODEs are less suitable, such as systems with inherent discreteness, time delays, and stochastic processes.
  • The case study on AhR dynamics successfully illustrated dBST's application.

Conclusions:

  • dBST provides a powerful and practical alternative for modeling complex biomedical systems.
  • This new approach expands the toolkit for analyzing biological processes with nonlinear dynamics, time delays, and stochasticity.
  • dBST offers a promising avenue for more accurate and comprehensive biomedical systems analysis.