title: Endobiogeny: a global approach to systems biology (part 2 of 2).
abstract: ENDOBIOGENY AND THE BIOLOGY OF FUNCTIONS ARE BASED ON FOUR SCIENTIFIC CONCEPTS THAT ARE KNOWN AND GENERALLY ACCEPTED: (1) human physiology is complex and multifactorial and exhibits the properties of a system; (2) the endocrine system manages metabolism, which is the basis of the continuity of life; (3) the metabolic activity managed by the endocrine system results in the output of biomarkers that reflect the functional achievement of specific aspects of metabolism; and (4) when biomarkers are related to each other in ratios, it contextualizes one type of function relative to another to which is it linked anatomically, sequentially, chronologically, biochemically, etc.
authors.affiliation: Société internationale de médecine endobiogénique et de physiologie intégrative, Paris, France.
authors.forename: Jean-Claude
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Lapraz
authors.affiliation: American Society of Endobiogenic Medicine and Integrative physiology, San Diego, California, United States.
authors.forename: Kamyar M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Hedayat
authors.affiliation: Société internationale de médecine endobiogénique et de physiologie intégrative, Paris, France.
authors.forename: Patrice
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Pauly
keywords: Endobiogeny; functional medicine; reductionism; systems biology