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ArticleAging2023

Precious1GPT: multimodal transformer-based transfer learning for aging clock development and feature importance analysis for aging and age-related disease target discovery.

Anatoly Urban, Denis Sidorenko, Diana Zagirova, Ekaterina Kozlova, Aleksandr Kalashnikov, Stefan Pushkov, Vladimir Naumov, Viktoria Sarkisova, Geoffrey Ho Duen Leung, Hoi Wing Leung and 5 more

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  1. Target identification and assessment in the era of AI.Nature reviews. Drug discovery · 2026
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  12. Multimodal Transformers and Their Applications in Drug Target Discovery for Aging and Age-Related Diseases.The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences · 2024
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15 authors.

Anatoly UrbanInsilico Medicine, Pak Shek Kok, New Territories, Hong Kong.
Denis SidorenkoInsilico Medicine, Pak Shek Kok, New Territories, Hong Kong.
Diana ZagirovaInsilico Medicine, Pak Shek Kok, New Territories, Hong Kong.
Ekaterina KozlovaInsilico Medicine, Pak Shek Kok, New Territories, Hong Kong.
Aleksandr KalashnikovInsilico Medicine, Masdar City, United Arab Emirates.
Stefan PushkovInsilico Medicine, Pak Shek Kok, New Territories, Hong Kong.
Vladimir NaumovInsilico Medicine, Pak Shek Kok, New Territories, Hong Kong.
Viktoria SarkisovaInsilico Medicine, Pak Shek Kok, New Territories, Hong Kong.
Geoffrey Ho Duen LeungInsilico Medicine, Pak Shek Kok, New Territories, Hong Kong.
Hoi Wing LeungInsilico Medicine, Pak Shek Kok, New Territories, Hong Kong.
Frank W PunInsilico Medicine, Pak Shek Kok, New Territories, Hong Kong.
Ivan V OzerovInsilico Medicine, Pak Shek Kok, New Territories, Hong Kong.
Alex AliperInsilico Medicine, Pak Shek Kok, New Territories, Hong Kong.
Feng RenInsilico Medicine, Shanghai, China.
Alex ZhavoronkovInsilico Medicine, Pak Shek Kok, New Territories, Hong Kong.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Aging is a complex and multifactorial process that increases the risk of various age-related diseases and there are many aging clocks that can accurately predict chronological age, mortality, and health status. These clocks are disconnected and are rarely fit for therapeutic target discovery. In this study, we propose a novel approach to multimodal aging clock we call Precious1GPT utilizing methylation and transcriptomic data for interpretable age prediction and target discovery developed using a transformer-based model and transfer learning for case-control classification. While the accuracy of the multimodal transformer is lower within each individual data type compared to the state of art specialized aging clocks based on methylation or transcriptomic data separately it may have higher practical utility for target discovery. This method provides the ability to discover novel therapeutic targets that hypothetically may be able to reverse or accelerate biological age providing a pathway for therapeutic drug discovery and validation using the aging clock. In addition, we provide a list of promising targets annotated using the PandaOmics industrial target discovery platform.

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Gene Expression ProfilingMachine Learningaging biomarkersdeep learninghuman agingtherapeutic target discoverytransformers

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PMID37315204
PMCPMC10292881

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