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ReviewCurrent pharmaceutical design2024

Machine-learning-guided Directed Evolution for AAV Capsid Engineering.

Xianrong Fu, Hairui Suo, Jiachen Zhang, Dongmei Chen

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Review in Current pharmaceutical design, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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12citing papers in PubMed
9.4field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

12 citing papers in PubMed, 17 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Xianrong FuSchool of Artificial Intelligence, Hangzhou Dianzi University, Hangzhou 310018, China.
Hairui SuoSchool of Artificial Intelligence, Hangzhou Dianzi University, Hangzhou 310018, China.
Jiachen ZhangSchool of Artificial Intelligence, Hangzhou Dianzi University, Hangzhou 310018, China.
Dongmei ChenSchool of Artificial Intelligence, Hangzhou Dianzi University, Hangzhou 310018, China.
Hangzhou Dianzi University · CN

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China 51605426, 62276086
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Target gene delivery is crucial to gene therapy. Adeno-associated virus (AAV) has emerged as a primary gene therapy vector due to its broad host range, long-term expression, and low pathogenicity. However, AAV vectors have some limitations, such as immunogenicity and insufficient targeting. Designing or modifying capsids is a potential method of improving the efficacy of gene delivery, but hindered by weak biological basis of AAV, complexity of the capsids, and limitations of current screening methods. Artificial intelligence (AI), especially machine learning (ML), has great potential to accelerate and improve the optimization of capsid properties as well as decrease their development time and manufacturing costs. This review introduces the traditional methods of designing AAV capsids and the general steps of building a sequence-function ML model, highlights the applications of ML in the development workflow, and summarizes its advantages and challenges.

Indexed as

CapsidDependovirusGenetic TherapyMachine LearningCapsid ProteinsDirected Molecular EvolutionGenetic VectorsGene Transfer TechniquesHumansCapsid Proteinsadeno-associated viruscapsiddirected evolutionGene therapymachine learning.vector

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PMID38445704
OpenAlexW4392517630

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