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ReviewFrontiers in chemistry2019

Comparison Study of Computational Prediction Tools for Drug-Target Binding Affinities.

Maha Thafar, Arwa Bin Raies, Somayah Albaradei, Magbubah Essack, Vladimir B Bajic

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Review in Frontiers in chemistry, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 57 papers.

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5 authors.

Maha ThafarComputer, Electrical and Mathematical Science and Engineering (CEMSE) Division, Computational Bioscience Research Center (CBRC), King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, Saudi Arabia.
Arwa Bin RaiesComputer, Electrical and Mathematical Science and Engineering (CEMSE) Division, Computational Bioscience Research Center (CBRC), King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, Saudi Arabia.
Somayah AlbaradeiComputer, Electrical and Mathematical Science and Engineering (CEMSE) Division, Computational Bioscience Research Center (CBRC), King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, Saudi Arabia.
Magbubah EssackComputer, Electrical and Mathematical Science and Engineering (CEMSE) Division, Computational Bioscience Research Center (CBRC), King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, Saudi Arabia.
Vladimir B BajicComputer, Electrical and Mathematical Science and Engineering (CEMSE) Division, Computational Bioscience Research Center (CBRC), King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, Saudi Arabia.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The drug development is generally arduous, costly, and success rates are low. Thus, the identification of drug-target interactions (DTIs) has become a crucial step in early stages of drug discovery. Consequently, developing computational approaches capable of identifying potential DTIs with minimum error rate are increasingly being pursued. These computational approaches aim to narrow down the search space for novel DTIs and shed light on drug functioning context. Most methods developed to date use binary classification to predict if the interaction between a drug and its target exists or not. However, it is more informative but also more challenging to predict the strength of the binding between a drug and its target. If that strength is not sufficiently strong, such DTI may not be useful. Therefore, the methods developed to predict drug-target binding affinities (DTBA) are of great value. In this study, we provide a comprehensive overview of the existing methods that predict DTBA. We focus on the methods developed using artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), and deep learning (DL) approaches, as well as related benchmark datasets and databases. Furthermore, guidance and recommendations are provided that cover the gaps and directions of the upcoming work in this research area. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first comprehensive comparison analysis of tools focused on DTBA with reference to AI/ML/DL.

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artificial intelligencebioinformaticsdeep learningdrug repurposingdrug-target binding affinitydrug-target interactioninformation integrationmachine learning

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PMID31824921
PMCPMC6879652

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