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ReviewJournal of pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics2022

Two heads are better than one: current landscape of integrating QSP and machine learning : An ISoP QSP SIG white paper by the working group on the integration of quantitative systems pharmacology and machine learning.

Tongli Zhang, Ioannis P Androulakis, Peter Bonate, Limei Cheng, Tomáš Helikar, Jaimit Parikh, Christopher Rackauckas, Kalyanasundaram Subramanian, Carolyn R Cho, Working Group

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Review in Journal of pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 33 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

33 citing papers in PubMed.

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  16. Future Directions for Quantitative Systems Pharmacology.Handbook of experimental pharmacology · 2025
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  20. An industry perspective on current QSP trends in drug development.Journal of pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics · 2024
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Tongli ZhangUniversity of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, 45267, USA. tongli.zhang@uc.edu.
Ioannis P AndroulakisRutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, USA.
Peter BonateAstellas Pharma Inc, Northbrook, IL, USA.
Limei ChengBristol Myers Squibb, Princeton, NJ, USA.
Tomáš HelikarDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, USA.
Jaimit ParikhGSK, Collegeville, PA, USA.
Christopher RackauckasPumas-AI, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Kalyanasundaram SubramanianApplied BioMath, Concord, MA, USA.
Carolyn R ChoMerck & Co., Inc, Kenilworth, NJ, USA. carolyn.cho@merck.com.ORCID 0000-0002-6480-0889
Working Group

Funding

Software for collaborative construction, simulation, and analysis of mechanistic computational models of biological systemsR35GM119770 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN · PI Tomas Helikar · 2016 to 2026
$4.4M
Mechanistic Pharmacokinetics and PharmacodynamicsR35GM131800 · NIGMS · STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT BUFFALO · PI JUSKO, WILLIAM J. · 2019 to 2023
$2.9M
NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM119770NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM131800
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Quantitative systems pharmacology (QSP) modeling is applied to address essential questions in drug development, such as the mechanism of action of a therapeutic agent and the progression of disease. Meanwhile, machine learning (ML) approaches also contribute to answering these questions via the analysis of multi-layer 'omics' data such as gene expression, proteomics, metabolomics, and high-throughput imaging. Furthermore, ML approaches can also be applied to aspects of QSP modeling. Both approaches are powerful tools and there is considerable interest in integrating QSP modeling and ML. So far, a few successful implementations have been carried out from which we have learned about how each approach can overcome unique limitations of the other. The QSP + ML working group of the International Society of Pharmacometrics QSP Special Interest Group was convened in September, 2019 to identify and begin realizing new opportunities in QSP and ML integration. The working group, which comprises 21 members representing 18 academic and industry organizations, has identified four categories of current research activity which will be described herein together with case studies of applications to drug development decision making. The working group also concluded that the integration of QSP and ML is still in its early stages of moving from evaluating available technical tools to building case studies. This paper reports on this fast-moving field and serves as a foundation for future codification of best practices.

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Drug DevelopmentNetwork PharmacologyMachine LearningCommentaryMachine learningQSPReview

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PMID35103884
PMCPMC8837505

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