Contrasting model mechanisms of alanine aminotransferase (ALT) release from damaged and necrotic hepatocytes as an example of general biomarker mechanisms

AK Smith, GEP Ropella, MR McGill… - PLoS computational …, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Interpretations of elevated blood levels of alanine aminotransferase (ALT) for drug-induced
liver injury often assume that the biomarker is released passively from dying cells. However …

Competing mechanistic hypotheses of acetaminophen-induced hepatotoxicity challenged by virtual experiments

AK Smith, BK Petersen, GEP Ropella… - PloS computational …, 2016 - journals.plos.org
Acetaminophen-induced liver injury in mice is a model for drug-induced liver injury in
humans. A precondition for improved strategies to disrupt and/or reverse the damage is a …

Propagation of pericentral necrosis during acetaminophen-induced liver injury: evidence for early interhepatocyte communication and information exchange

RC Kennedy, AK Smith, GEP Ropella… - Toxicological …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Acetaminophen (APAP)-induced liver injury is clinically significant, and APAP overdose in
mice often serves as a model for drug-induced liver injury in humans. By specifying that …

The Virtual Anemia Trial: An Assessment of Model‐Based In Silico Clinical Trials of Anemia Treatment Algorithms in Patients With Hemodialysis

DH Fuertinger, A Topping, F Kappel… - CPT …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
In silico approaches have been proposed as a novel strategy to increase the repertoire of
clinical trial designs. Realistic simulations of clinical trials can provide valuable information …

Involvement of NF-κB in the reversal of CYP3A down-regulation induced by sea buckthorn in BCG-induced rats

F Liu, T Wang, X Li, J Jia, Q Lin, Y Xue - PLoS One, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Previous studies reported that sea buckthorn (Hippophae rhamnoides L., Elaeagnaceae,
HRP) exhibits hepatoprotective effects via its anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties as …

[PDF][PDF] Developing a vision for executing scientifically useful virtual biomedical experiments.

BK Petersen, CA Hunt - SpringSim (ADS), 2016 - academia.edu
ABSTRACT A virtual biomedical experiment (VBE) is a simulation of a wet-lab or clinical
biomedical experiment. The goal of VBEs is to provide a scientifically useful method of in …

Simulation enabled search for explanatory mechanisms of the fracture healing process

RC Kennedy, M Marmor, R Marcucio… - PLoS computational …, 2018 - journals.plos.org
A significant portion of bone fractures fail to heal properly, increasing healthcare costs.
Advances in fracture management have slowed because translation barriers have limited …

Virtual Experiment Methods for Integrating Pharmacokinetic, Pharmacodynamic, and Drug Delivery Mechanisms: Demonstrating Feasibility for Acetaminophen …

AK Smith, RC Kennedy, BK Petersen… - Drug Delivery …, 2021 - books.google.com
11.1 Introduction kk When a drug development effort fails or is abandoned, one or more
contributing factors can often be traced to flawed explanatory mechanistic insight into often …

Utilizing virtual experiments to increase understanding of discrepancies involving in vitro-to-in vivo predictions of hepatic clearance

P Krishnan, AK Smith, GEP Ropella, L Dutta… - Plos one, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Predictions of xenobiotic hepatic clearance in humans using in vitro-to-in vivo extrapolation
methods are frequently inaccurate and problematic. Multiple strategies are being pursued to …

Virtual experiments provide plausible explanations for IVIVE underpredictions of hepatic clearance

P Krishnan, AK Smith, GEP Ropella, L Dutta… - bioRxiv, 2020 - biorxiv.org
We demonstrate how results of virtual experiments can suggest mechanism-based
explanations for IVIVE underpredictions of hepatic clearance. We use agent-oriented …