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ArticleNucleic acids research2021

eSkip-Finder: a machine learning-based web application and database to identify the optimal sequences of antisense oligonucleotides for exon skipping.

Shuntaro Chiba, Kenji Rowel Q Lim, Narin Sheri, Saeed Anwar, Esra Erkut, Md Nur Ahad Shah, Tejal Aslesh, Stanley Woo, Omar Sheikh, Rika Maruyama and 6 more

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Article in Nucleic acids research, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 40 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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40citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.9field-weighted citation impact, top 14% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

40 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 46 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

16 authors at 5 institutions in 3 countries.

Shuntaro ChibaHPC- and AI-driven Drug Development Platform Division, RIKEN Center for Computational Science, Yokohama 230-0045, Japan.
Kenji Rowel Q LimDepartment of Medical Genetics, University of Alberta Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, 8613-114 St, Edmonton, AB, Canada.
Narin SheriDepartment of Medical Genetics, University of Alberta Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, 8613-114 St, Edmonton, AB, Canada.
Saeed AnwarDepartment of Medical Genetics, University of Alberta Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, 8613-114 St, Edmonton, AB, Canada.
Esra ErkutDepartment of Medical Genetics, University of Alberta Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, 8613-114 St, Edmonton, AB, Canada.
Md Nur Ahad ShahDepartment of Medical Genetics, University of Alberta Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, 8613-114 St, Edmonton, AB, Canada.
Tejal AsleshDepartment of Medical Genetics, University of Alberta Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, 8613-114 St, Edmonton, AB, Canada.
Stanley WooDepartment of Medical Genetics, University of Alberta Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, 8613-114 St, Edmonton, AB, Canada.
Omar SheikhDepartment of Medical Genetics, University of Alberta Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, 8613-114 St, Edmonton, AB, Canada.
Rika MaruyamaDepartment of Medical Genetics, University of Alberta Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, 8613-114 St, Edmonton, AB, Canada.
Hiroaki TakanoHPC- and AI-driven Drug Development Platform Division, RIKEN Center for Computational Science, Yokohama 230-0045, Japan.
Katsuhiko KunitakeDepartment of Molecular Therapy, National Institute of Neuroscience, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry (NCNP), Kodaira, Tokyo 187-8551, Japan.
William DuddyNorthern Ireland Center for Stratified Medicine, Biomedical Sciences Research Institute, C-TRIC, Altnagelvin Hospital Campus, Ulster University, Londonderry BT47 6SB, UK.
Yasushi OkunoHPC- and AI-driven Drug Development Platform Division, RIKEN Center for Computational Science, Yokohama 230-0045, Japan.
Yoshitsugu AokiDepartment of Molecular Therapy, National Institute of Neuroscience, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry (NCNP), Kodaira, Tokyo 187-8551, Japan.
Toshifumi YokotaDepartment of Medical Genetics, University of Alberta Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, 8613-114 St, Edmonton, AB, Canada.ORCID 0000-0001-7316-3546
University of Alberta · CANational Center of Neurology and Psychiatry · JPRIKEN Center for Computational Science · JPKyoto University · JPUniversity of Ulster · GB

Funding

CIHR
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Exon skipping using antisense oligonucleotides (ASOs) has recently proven to be a powerful tool for mRNA splicing modulation. Several exon-skipping ASOs have been approved to treat genetic diseases worldwide. However, a significant challenge is the difficulty in selecting an optimal sequence for exon skipping. The efficacy of ASOs is often unpredictable, because of the numerous factors involved in exon skipping. To address this gap, we have developed a computational method using machine-learning algorithms that factors in many parameters as well as experimental data to design highly effective ASOs for exon skipping. eSkip-Finder (https://eskip-finder.org) is the first web-based resource for helping researchers identify effective exon skipping ASOs. eSkip-Finder features two sections: (i) a predictor of the exon skipping efficacy of novel ASOs and (ii) a database of exon skipping ASOs. The predictor facilitates rapid analysis of a given set of exon/intron sequences and ASO lengths to identify effective ASOs for exon skipping based on a machine learning model trained by experimental data. We confirmed that predictions correlated well with in vitro skipping efficacy of sequences that were not included in the training data. The database enables users to search for ASOs using queries such as gene name, species, and exon number.

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Databases, Nucleic AcidExonsMachine LearningSoftwareInternetIntronsOligonucleotides, AntisenseRNA SplicingSequence AnalysisOligonucleotides, Antisense

Identifiers

PMID34104972
PMCPMC8265194
OpenAlexW3168819073

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