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ReviewComputational and structural biotechnology journal2021

A review on machine learning approaches and trends in drug discovery.

Paula Carracedo-Reboredo, Jose Liñares-Blanco, Nereida Rodríguez-Fernández, Francisco Cedrón, Francisco J Novoa, Adrian Carballal, Victor Maojo, Alejandro Pazos, Carlos Fernandez-Lozano

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Review in Computational and structural biotechnology journal, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 161 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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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

161 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

9 authors.

Paula Carracedo-ReboredoDepartment of Computer Science and Information Technologies, Faculty of Computer Science, Universidade da Coruna, Campus Elviña s/n, A Coruña 15071, Spain.
Jose Liñares-BlancoDepartment of Computer Science and Information Technologies, Faculty of Computer Science, Universidade da Coruna, Campus Elviña s/n, A Coruña 15071, Spain.
Nereida Rodríguez-FernándezCITIC-Research Center of Information and Communication Technologies, Universidade da Coruna, A Coruña 15071, Spain.
Francisco CedrónDepartment of Computer Science and Information Technologies, Faculty of Computer Science, Universidade da Coruna, Campus Elviña s/n, A Coruña 15071, Spain.
Francisco J NovoaDepartment of Computer Science and Information Technologies, Faculty of Computer Science, Universidade da Coruna, Campus Elviña s/n, A Coruña 15071, Spain.
Adrian CarballalDepartment of Computer Science and Information Technologies, Faculty of Computer Science, Universidade da Coruna, Campus Elviña s/n, A Coruña 15071, Spain.
Victor MaojoBiomedical Informatics Group, Artificial Intelligence Department, Polytechnic University of Madrid, Calle de los Ciruelos, Boadilla del Monte, Madrid 28660, Spain.
Alejandro PazosDepartment of Computer Science and Information Technologies, Faculty of Computer Science, Universidade da Coruna, Campus Elviña s/n, A Coruña 15071, Spain.
Carlos Fernandez-LozanoDepartment of Computer Science and Information Technologies, Faculty of Computer Science, Universidade da Coruna, Campus Elviña s/n, A Coruña 15071, Spain.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Drug discovery aims at finding new compounds with specific chemical properties for the treatment of diseases. In the last years, the approach used in this search presents an important component in computer science with the skyrocketing of machine learning techniques due to its democratization. With the objectives set by the Precision Medicine initiative and the new challenges generated, it is necessary to establish robust, standard and reproducible computational methodologies to achieve the objectives set. Currently, predictive models based on Machine Learning have gained great importance in the step prior to preclinical studies. This stage manages to drastically reduce costs and research times in the discovery of new drugs. This review article focuses on how these new methodologies are being used in recent years of research. Analyzing the state of the art in this field will give us an idea of where cheminformatics will be developed in the short term, the limitations it presents and the positive results it has achieved. This review will focus mainly on the methods used to model the molecular data, as well as the biological problems addressed and the Machine Learning algorithms used for drug discovery in recent years.

Indexed as

ADMET, Absorption, distribution, metabolism, elimination and toxicityADR, Adverse Drug ReactionAI, Artificial IntelligenceANN, Artificial Neural NetworksAPFP, Atom Pairs 2d FingerPrintAUC, Area under the CurveBBB, Blood–Brain barrierCDK, Chemical Development KitCheminformaticsCNN, Convolutional Neural NetworksCNS, Central Nervous SystemCPI, Compound-protein interactionCV, Cross ValidationDeep LearningDL, Deep LearningDNA, Deoxyribonucleic acidDrug DiscoveryECFP, Extended Connectivity FingerprintsFDA, Food and Drug AdministrationFNN, Fully Connected Neural NetworksFP, FringerprintsFS, Feature SelectionGCN, Graph Convolutional NetworksGEO, Gene Expression OmnibusGNN, Graph Neural NetworksGO, Gene OntologyKEGG, Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and GenomesMACCS, Molecular ACCess SystemMachine LearningMCC, Matthews correlation coefficientMD, Molecular DescriptorsMKL, Multiple Kernel LearningML, Machine LearningMolecular DescriptorsNB, Naive BayesOOB, Out of BagPCA, Principal Component AnalyisisQSARQSAR, Quantitative structure–activity relationshipRF, Random ForestRNA, Ribonucleic AcidSMILES, simplified molecular-input line-entry systemSVM, Support Vector MachinesTCGA, The Cancer Genome Atlast-SNE, t-Distributed Stochastic Neighbor EmbeddingWHO, World Health Organization

Identifiers

PMID34471498
PMCPMC8387781

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