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ArticleFrontiers in pharmacology2022

Introduction to the BioChemical Library (BCL): An Application-Based Open-Source Toolkit for Integrated Cheminformatics and Machine Learning in Computer-Aided Drug Discovery.

Benjamin P Brown, Oanh Vu, Alexander R Geanes, Sandeepkumar Kothiwale, Mariusz Butkiewicz, Edward W Lowe, Ralf Mueller, Richard Pape, Jeffrey Mendenhall, Jens Meiler

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Article in Frontiers in pharmacology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers.

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18citing papers in PubMed
3.3field-weighted citation impact, top 7% 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

18 citing papers in PubMed, 26 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 1 institution in 2 countries.

Benjamin P BrownChemical and Physical Biology Program, Medical Scientist Training Program, Center for Structural Biology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, United States.
Oanh VuDepartment of Chemistry, Center for Structural Biology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, United States.
Alexander R GeanesDepartment of Chemistry, Center for Structural Biology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, United States.
Sandeepkumar KothiwaleDepartment of Chemistry, Center for Structural Biology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, United States.
Mariusz ButkiewiczDepartment of Chemistry, Center for Structural Biology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, United States.
Edward W LoweDepartment of Chemistry, Center for Structural Biology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, United States.
Ralf MuellerDepartment of Chemistry, Center for Structural Biology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, United States.
Richard PapeDepartment of Chemistry, Center for Structural Biology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, United States.
Jeffrey MendenhallDepartment of Chemistry, Center for Structural Biology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, United States.
Jens MeilerDepartment of Chemistry, Departments of Pharmacology and Biomedical Informatics, Center for Structural Biology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, United States.
Vanderbilt University · US

Funding

MEDICAL SCIENTIST TRAINING PROGRAMT32GM007347 · NIGMS · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY · PI WILLIAMS, CHRISTOPHER S. · 1985 to 2023
$26.3M
Medical Scientist Training ProgramT32GM152284 · NIGMS · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY · PI Christopher S. Williams · 2024 to 2026
$4.8M
Structural Determinants of Allosteric Modulation of Brain GPCRsR01DA046138 · NIDA · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY · PI MEILER, JENS · 2019 to 2023
$2.0M
High-Performance Computer Cluster for Biomedical ResearchS10OD023680 · OD · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY · PI MEILER, JENS · 2017 to 2017
$587k
Hybrid Methods for Prediction and Design of Novel Human Influenza AntibodiesR56AI110750 · NIAID · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY · PI CROWE, JAMES E, MEILER, JENS · 2014 to 2014
$433k
NIAID NIH HHS R56 AI110750NIDA NIH HHS R01 DA046138NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM007347NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM152284NIH HHS S10 OD023680
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The BioChemical Library (BCL) cheminformatics toolkit is an application-based academic open-source software package designed to integrate traditional small molecule cheminformatics tools with machine learning-based quantitative structure-activity/property relationship (QSAR/QSPR) modeling. In this pedagogical article we provide a detailed introduction to core BCL cheminformatics functionality, showing how traditional tasks (e.g., computing chemical properties, estimating druglikeness) can be readily combined with machine learning. In addition, we have included multiple examples covering areas of advanced use, such as reaction-based library design. We anticipate that this manuscript will be a valuable resource for researchers in computer-aided drug discovery looking to integrate modular cheminformatics and machine learning tools into their pipelines.

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BCLbiochemical librarycheminformaticsdeep neural networkdrug designdrug discoveryopen-sourceQSAR

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PMID35264967
PMCPMC8899505
OpenAlexW4212830706

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