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ArticleNature materials2019

Exploiting machine learning for end-to-end drug discovery and development.

Sean Ekins, Ana C Puhl, Kimberley M Zorn, Thomas R Lane, Daniel P Russo, Jennifer J Klein, Anthony J Hickey, Alex M Clark

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Article in Nature materials, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 198 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

198 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Sean EkinsCollaborations Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Raleigh, NC, USA. sean@collaborationspharma.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5691-5790
Ana C PuhlCollaborations Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Raleigh, NC, USA.
Kimberley M ZornCollaborations Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Raleigh, NC, USA.
Thomas R LaneCollaborations Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Raleigh, NC, USA.
Daniel P RussoCollaborations Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Raleigh, NC, USA.
Jennifer J KleinCollaborations Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Raleigh, NC, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1739-132X
Anthony J HickeyRTI International, Research Triangle Park, NC, USA.
Alex M ClarkMolecular Materials Informatics, Inc., Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

Funding

Centralized assay datasets for modelling support of small drug discovery organizationsR44GM122196 · NIGMS · COLLABORATIONS PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. · PI EKINS, SEAN · 2018 to 2022
$3.3M
Biocomputation across distributed private datasets to enhance drug discoveryR44TR000942 · NCATS · COLLABORATIVE DRUG DISCOVERY, INC. · PI BUNIN, BARRY A · 2013 to 2018
$2.9M
Sao Paulo-Minas Gerais Tropical Medicine Research Center for Chagas Disease Biomarker DiscoveryU19AI098461 · NIAID · FUNDACAO FACULDADE DE MEDICINA · PI SABINO, ESTER CERDEIRA · 2017 to 2021
$2.1M
Repurposing pyronaridine as a treatment for Chagas diseaseUH2TR002084 · NCATS · COLLABORATIONS PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. · PI EKINS, SEAN, SABINO, ESTER CERDEIRA · 2017 to 2019
$622k
Enzyme Replacement Therapy For Infantile Onset Neuronal Ceroid LipofuscinosesR43NS107079 · NINDS · COLLABORATIONS PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. · PI COOPER, JONATHAN D, EKINS, SEAN · 2018 to 2019
$412k
NCATS NIH HHS R44 TR000942NCATS NIH HHS UH2 TR002084NIAID NIH HHS U19 AI098461NIGMS NIH HHS R44 GM122196NIH HHS 1R43NS107079-01NIH HHS 1UH2TR002084-01NIH HHS 3R43NS107079-01S1NIH HHS R44 GM122196-02A1NINDS NIH HHS R43 NS107079
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A variety of machine learning methods such as naive Bayesian, support vector machines and more recently deep neural networks are demonstrating their utility for drug discovery and development. These leverage the generally bigger datasets created from high-throughput screening data and allow prediction of bioactivities for targets and molecular properties with increased levels of accuracy. We have only just begun to exploit the potential of these techniques but they may already be fundamentally changing the research process for identifying new molecules and/or repurposing old drugs. The integrated application of such machine learning models for end-to-end (E2E) application is broadly relevant and has considerable implications for developing future therapies and their targeting.

Indexed as

Machine LearningAlgorithmsBayes TheoremComputational BiologyComputer SimulationDrug DesignDrug DevelopmentDrug DiscoveryDrug RepositioningHumansNanomedicineNeural Networks, ComputerSupport Vector MachineTechnology, Pharmaceutical

Identifiers

PMID31000803
PMCPMC6594828

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