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    SBML-SAT: a systems biology markup language (SBML) based sensitivity analysis tool

    It has long been recognized that sensitivity analysis plays a key role in modeling and analyzing cellular and biochemical processes. Systems biology markup language (SBML) has become a well-known platform for ...

    Zhike Zi, Yanan Zheng, Ann E Rundell, Edda Klipp in BMC Bioinformatics (2008)

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    A Tutorial on Mathematical Modeling of Biological Signaling Pathways

    Mathematical models have been widely used in the studies of biological signaling pathways. Among these studies, two systems biology approaches have been applied: top-down and bottom-up systems biology. The for...

    Zhike Zi in Computational Modeling of Signaling Networks (2012)

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    Measuring TGF-β Ligand Dynamics in Culture Medium

    TGF-β plays an important role in a myriad of cell activities including differentiation, proliferation, and growth arrest. These effects are influenced by the concentration of TGF-β in the surrounding milieu, w...

    Zipei Feng, Zhike Zi, Xuedong Liu in TGF-β Signaling (2016)

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    Cell-type-specific role of CHK2 in mediating DNA damage-induced G2 cell cycle arrest

    Cancer is a life-threatening disease that affects one in three people. Although most cases are sporadic, cancer risk can be increased by genetic factors. It remains unknown why certain genes predispose for spe...

    Marijn T. M. van Jaarsveld, Difan Deng, Diana Ordoñez-Rueda, Malte Paulsen in Oncogenesis (2020)

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    Absolute Quantification of TGF-β Signaling Proteins Using Quantitative Western Blot

    Cell signaling governs the basic functions of cells by molecular interactions that involve of many proteins. The abundance of signaling proteins can directly influence cellular responses to external signal, co...

    Difan Deng, Zhike Zi in TGF-Beta Signaling (2022)

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    Optogenetic Control of TGF-β Signaling

    Cells employ signaling pathways to make decisions in response to changes in their immediate environment. The Transforming Growth Factor β (TGF-β) signaling pathway plays pivotal roles in regulating many cellul...

    Yuchao Li, Zhike Zi in TGF-Beta Signaling (2022)

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    PhyloVelo enhances transcriptomic velocity field map** using monotonically expressed genes

    Single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq) is a powerful approach for studying cellular differentiation, but accurately tracking cell fate transitions can be challenging, especially in disease conditions. Here we ...

    Kun Wang, Liangzhen Hou, **n Wang, **angwei Zhai, Zhaolian Lu in Nature Biotechnology (2024)