Evidence map›Paper›PMID 38280715›Full record

ArticleJournal of advanced research2025

Inactive-enriched machine-learning models exploiting patent data improve structure-based virtual screening for PDL1 dimerizers.

Pablo Gómez-Sacristán, Saw Simeon, Viet-Khoa Tran-Nguyen, Sachin Patil, Pedro J Ballester

Abstract read
In one paragraph

Article in Journal of advanced research, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
9citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
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

9 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Article
  2. Article
  3. Article
  4. Review
  5. Article
  6. Article
  7. Article
  8. Article
  9. Article
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

5 authors.

Pablo Gómez-SacristánCentre de Recherche en Cancérologie de Marseille, Marseille 13009, France.
Saw SimeonCentre de Recherche en Cancérologie de Marseille, Marseille 13009, France.
Viet-Khoa Tran-NguyenCentre de Recherche en Cancérologie de Marseille, Marseille 13009, France.
Sachin PatilNanoBio Laboratory, Widener University, Chester, PA 19013, USA.
Pedro J BallesterDepartment of Bioengineering, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, UK. Electronic address: p.ballester@imperial.ac.uk.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionSmall-molecule Programmable Cell Death Protein 1/Programmable Death-Ligand 1 (PD1/PDL1) inhibition via PDL1 dimerization has the potential to lead to inexpensive drugs with better cancer patient outcomes and milder side effects. However, this therapeutic approach has proven challenging, with only one PDL1 dimerizer reaching early clinical trials so far. There is hence a need for fast and accurate methods to develop alternative PDL1 dimerizers.

objectivesWe aim to show that structure-based virtual screening (SBVS) based on PDL1-specific machine-learning (ML) scoring functions (SFs) is a powerful drug design tool for detecting PD1/PDL1 inhibitors via PDL1 dimerization.

methodsBy incorporating the latest MLSF advances, we generated and evaluated PDL1-specific MLSFs (classifiers and inactive-enriched regressors) on two demanding test sets.

results60 PDL1-specific MLSFs (30 classifiers and 30 regressors) were generated. Our large-scale analysis provides highly predictive PDL1-specific MLSFs that benefitted from training with large volumes of docked inactives and enabling inactive-enriched regression.

conclusionPDL1-specific MLSFs strongly outperformed generic SFs of various types on this target and are released here without restrictions.

Indexed as

B7-H1 AntigenMachine LearningDrug DesignHumansPatents as TopicProgrammed Cell Death 1 ReceptorProtein MultimerizationB7-H1 AntigenCD274 protein, humanProgrammed Cell Death 1 ReceptorArtificial intelligenceDockingImmunotherapyMachine learningPD1PDL1Virtual screening

Identifiers

PMID38280715
PMCPMC11725107

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY-NC-ND
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.