Yu Jiyang, Peng Junmin, Chi Hongbo
Department of Computational Biology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN 38105, USA.
Department of Structural Biology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN 38105, USA.
Curr Opin Syst Biol. 2019 Jun;15:19-29. doi: 10.1016/j.coisb.2019.03.003. Epub 2019 Mar 12.
The immune system is a highly complex and dynamic biological system. It operates through intracellular molecular networks and intercellular (cell-cell) interaction networks. Systems immunology is an emerging discipline that applies systems biology approaches of integrating high-throughput multi-omics measurements with computational network modeling to better understand immunity at various scales. In this review, we summarize key omics technologies and computational approaches used for immunological studies at both population and single-cell levels. We highlight the hidden driver analysis based on data-driven networks and comment on the potential of translating systems immunology discoveries to immunotherapy of cancer and other human diseases.
免疫系统是一个高度复杂且动态的生物系统。它通过细胞内分子网络和细胞间(细胞 - 细胞)相互作用网络运行。系统免疫学是一门新兴学科,它应用系统生物学方法,将高通量多组学测量与计算网络建模相结合,以在不同尺度上更好地理解免疫。在本综述中,我们总结了用于群体和单细胞水平免疫研究的关键组学技术和计算方法。我们重点介绍基于数据驱动网络的隐藏驱动因素分析,并对将系统免疫学发现转化为癌症和其他人类疾病免疫治疗的潜力进行评论。