ADMET: ADipocyte METabolism mathematical model |
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Authors: | Alessio Micheloni Carmelo De Maria Giovanni Vozzi |
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Affiliation: | 1. Interdepartmental Research Centre E. Piaggio, University of Pisa, Via Diotisalvi 2, 56126 Pisa, Italy;2. Dipartimento di Ingegneria dell'Informazione, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy |
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Abstract: | White fat cells have an important physiological role in maintaining triglyceride and free fatty acid levels due to their fundamental storage property, as well as determining insulin resistance. ADipocyte METabolism is a mathematical model that mimics the main metabolic pathways of human white fat cell, connecting inputs (composition of culture medium) to outputs (glycerol and free fatty acid release). It is based on a set of nonlinear differential equations, implemented in Simulink® and controlled by cellular energetic state. The validation of this model is based on a comparison between the simulation results and a set of experimental data collected from the literature. |
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Keywords: | mathematical modelling adipocyte metabolism biochemical pathways |
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