title: Integrated analysis of transcriptomics and metabolomics profiles.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Integrated analysis of transcriptomics and metabolomics data has the potential greatly to increase our understanding of metabolic networks and biological systems leading to various potential clinical applications.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  The aim is to present different applications as well as analysis tools utilized for the parallel study of gene and metabolite expressions.
  
  
  METHODS
  Publications dealing with integrated analysis of gene and metabolite expression data as well as publications describing tools that can be used for integrated analysis are reviewed.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The full benefit of integrated analysis can be achieved only if data from all utilized methods are treated equally by multidisciplinary teams. This approach can lead to advances in functional genomics with possible clinical developments in diagnostics and improved drug target selection.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Information Technology, National Research Council of Canada, 55 Crowley Farm Road, Suit 1100, Moncton, NB E1A 7R1, Canada +1 506 861 0952 ; +1 506 851 3630 ; miroslava.cuperlovic-culf@nrc-cnrc.gc.ca.
authors.forename: Miroslava
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cuperlovic-Culf
authors.forename: Nabil
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Belacel
authors.forename: Adrian
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Culf