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HRMAn 2.0 : Next‐generation artificial intelligence–driven analysis for broad host–pathogen interactions

Published inCellular microbiology, vol. 23, no. 7, e13349
Publication date2021-07
First online date2021-05-16
Abstract

To study the dynamics of infection processes, it is common to manually enumerate imaging-based infection assays. However, manual counting of events from imaging data is biased, error-prone and a laborious task. We recently presented HRMAn (Host Response to Microbe Analysis), an automated image analysis program using state-of-the-art machine learning and artificial intelligence algorithms to analyse pathogen growth and host defence behaviour. With HRMAn, we can quantify intracellular infection by pathogens such as Toxoplasma gondii and Salmonella in a variety of cell types in an unbiased and highly reproducible manner, measuring multiple parameters including pathogen growth, pathogen killing and activation of host cell defences. Since HRMAn is based on the KNIME Analytics platform, it can easily be adapted to work with other pathogens and produce more readouts from quantitative imaging data. Here we showcase improvements to HRMAn resulting in the release of HRMAn 2.0 and new applications of HRMAn 2.0 for the analysis of host-pathogen interactions using the established pathogen T. gondii and further extend it for use with the bacterial pathogen Chlamydia trachomatis and the fungal pathogen Cryptococcus neoformans.

Keywords
  • Artificial intelligence
  • Host-pathogen interaction
  • Image analysis
UNIGE affiliation entities Not a UNIGE publication
Funding
  • Cancer Research UK [FC00107]
  • Wellcome Trust [217202/Z/19/Z]
Citation (ISO format)
FISCH, Daniel et al. HRMAn 2.0 : Next‐generation artificial intelligence–driven analysis for broad host–pathogen interactions. In: Cellular microbiology, 2021, vol. 23, n° 7, p. e13349. doi: 10.1111/cmi.13349
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