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VariantFlux: A genotype-first modelling workflow for predicting the impact of genetic variations on human metabolism

Human genetic variation is a major determinant of organ metabolism, yet how naturally occurring variants shape quantitative metabolic phenotypes remains unclear. We present VariantFlux, a workflow that integrates ancestry-aware variant interpretation into genome-scale metabolic modelling to generate personalised, variant-constrained kidney reconstructions. Using the Human1 v1.19 model, we built a…

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Transcriptome, glycome, and mucinome analysis reveal zinc is essential for the composition of mucus in the human goblet cell model HT-29-MTX

Scientific Reports, Published online: 11 August 2026; doi:10.1038/s41598-026-66227-4 Transcriptome, glycome, and mucinome analysis reveal zinc is essential for the composition of mucus in the human…

  • Zinc deficiency impacts 1 billion globally, causing health issues
  • Zn deficiency alters HT-29-MTX GC transcriptome and mucin synthesis
  • MUC2 and MUC17 levels increase, complex N-glycans decrease in Zn-deficient GCs