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ArticleNature communications2023

Discovery of senolytics using machine learning.

Vanessa Smer-Barreto, Andrea Quintanilla, Richard J R Elliott, John C Dawson, Jiugeng Sun, Víctor M Campa, Álvaro Lorente-Macías, Asier Unciti-Broceta, Neil O Carragher, Juan Carlos Acosta and 1 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 73 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
73citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
19.1field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

73 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 109 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Vanessa Smer-Barreto *Cancer Research UK Edinburgh Centre, MRC Institute of Genetics and Cancer, University of Edinburgh, Crewe Road, Edinburgh, EH4 2XR, UK. vanessa.smerbarreto@ed.ac.uk.ORCID 0009-0009-1455-1261
Andrea Quintanilla *Instituto de Biomedicina y Biotecnología de Cantabria (IBBTEC), CSIC-Universidad de Cantabria-SODERCAN. C/ Albert Einstein 22, Santander, 39011, Spain.
Richard J R ElliottCancer Research UK Edinburgh Centre, MRC Institute of Genetics and Cancer, University of Edinburgh, Crewe Road, Edinburgh, EH4 2XR, UK.
John C DawsonCancer Research UK Edinburgh Centre, MRC Institute of Genetics and Cancer, University of Edinburgh, Crewe Road, Edinburgh, EH4 2XR, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-5713-1026
Jiugeng SunSchool of Informatics, University of Edinburgh, 10 Crichton St, Edinburgh, EH8 9AB, UK.
Víctor M CampaInstituto de Biomedicina y Biotecnología de Cantabria (IBBTEC), CSIC-Universidad de Cantabria-SODERCAN. C/ Albert Einstein 22, Santander, 39011, Spain.
Álvaro Lorente-MacíasCancer Research UK Edinburgh Centre, MRC Institute of Genetics and Cancer, University of Edinburgh, Crewe Road, Edinburgh, EH4 2XR, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-9510-714X
Asier Unciti-BrocetaCancer Research UK Edinburgh Centre, MRC Institute of Genetics and Cancer, University of Edinburgh, Crewe Road, Edinburgh, EH4 2XR, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-1029-2855
Neil O CarragherCancer Research UK Edinburgh Centre, MRC Institute of Genetics and Cancer, University of Edinburgh, Crewe Road, Edinburgh, EH4 2XR, UK.
Juan Carlos AcostaCancer Research UK Edinburgh Centre, MRC Institute of Genetics and Cancer, University of Edinburgh, Crewe Road, Edinburgh, EH4 2XR, UK. juan.acosta@unican.es.ORCID 0000-0002-7989-7329
Diego A OyarzúnSchool of Informatics, University of Edinburgh, 10 Crichton St, Edinburgh, EH8 9AB, UK. d.oyarzun@ed.ac.uk.ORCID 0000-0002-0381-5278
Edinburgh Cancer Research · GBUniversidad de Cantabria · ESTuring Institute · GBUniversity of Edinburgh · GB

Funding

Cancer Research UK 16243Cancer Research UK C47559/A16243Medical Research Council MC_UU_00009/2
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cellular senescence is a stress response involved in ageing and diverse disease processes including cancer, type-2 diabetes, osteoarthritis and viral infection. Despite growing interest in targeted elimination of senescent cells, only few senolytics are known due to the lack of well-characterised molecular targets. Here, we report the discovery of three senolytics using cost-effective machine learning algorithms trained solely on published data. We computationally screened various chemical libraries and validated the senolytic action of ginkgetin, periplocin and oleandrin in human cell lines under various modalities of senescence. The compounds have potency comparable to known senolytics, and we show that oleandrin has improved potency over its target as compared to best-in-class alternatives. Our approach led to several hundred-fold reduction in drug screening costs and demonstrates that artificial intelligence can take maximum advantage of small and heterogeneous drug screening data, paving the way for new open science approaches to early-stage drug discovery.

Indexed as

Artificial IntelligenceSenotherapeuticsAgingCellular SenescenceHumansMachine LearningSenotherapeutics

Identifiers

PMID37301862
PMCPMC10257182
OpenAlexW4380152694

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