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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Risk Anal. 2019 Nov 13;40(3):512–523. doi: 10.1111/risa.13423

Table III.

Various Scenarios to Test Node Sensitivity and Demonstrate AOPBN Capability

Scenario Parameters Posterior Probability of Steatosis
1. Sufficient Key Events Fatty acid beta oxidation = FALSE
Fatty acid influx = TRUE
Lipogenesis = TRUE
Fatty acid efflux = FALSE
99.0%
2. Molecular Initiating Events FXR = FALSE
PPAR-alpha = FALSE
PPAR-gamma = TRUE
LXR = TRUE
Insulin receptor = TRUE
97.3%
3. Molecular Initiating Events + Fatty Acid Efflux FXR = FALSE
PPAR-alpha = FALSE
PPAR-gamma = TRUE
LXR = TRUE
Insulin receptor = TRUE
Fatty acid efflux = FALSE
98.8%
4. Sufficient Key Event Subset 1 Fatty acid beta oxidation = FALSE 66.0%
5. Sufficient Key Event Subset 2 Fatty acid beta oxidation = FALSE
Fatty acid efflux = FALSE
96.8%
6. Sufficient Key Event Subset 3 Fatty acid beta oxidation = FALSE
PPAR-gamma = TRUE
90.5%
7. Sufficient Key Event Subset 4 Fatty acid beta oxidation = FALSE
Lipogenesis = TRUE
76.8%
8. Molecular Initiating Events Closest to Adverse Outcome PPAR-gamma = TRUE
Insulin receptor = TRUE
LXR = TRUE
97.1%
9. Molecular Initiating Events Furthest from Adverse Outcome FXR = FALSE
PPAR-alpha = FALSE
67.3%
10. Molecular Initiating Events Closest to Adverse Outcome + Fatty Acid Efflux PPAR-gamma = TRUE
Insulin receptor = TRUE
LXR = TRUE
Fatty acid efflux = FALSE
98.5%