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SynthesisBriefings in bioinformatics2024

Advances in phage-host interaction prediction: in silico method enhances the development of phage therapies.

Wanchun Nie, Tianyi Qiu, Yiwen Wei, Hao Ding, Zhixiang Guo, Jingxuan Qiu

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Synthesis in Briefings in bioinformatics, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

22 citing papers in PubMed.

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  3. Pharmacology of Bacteriophage Therapy in Children: A Re-Emerging Paradigm in Antibacterial Therapy.The journal of pediatric pharmacology and therapeutics : JPPT : the official journal of PPAG · 2026
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  14. NRG-P0074 Viral Sample RU1 from UnclassifiedPHAGE (New Rochelle, N.Y.) · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Wanchun NieSchool of Health Science and Engineering, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200093, China.
Tianyi QiuInstitute of Clinical Science, Zhongshan Hospital; Intelligent Medicine Institute, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200032, China.ORCID 0000-0001-6897-3923
Yiwen WeiSchool of Health Science and Engineering, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200093, China.
Hao DingInstitute of Clinical Science, Zhongshan Hospital; Intelligent Medicine Institute, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200032, China.
Zhixiang GuoSchool of Health Science and Engineering, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200093, China.
Jingxuan QiuSchool of Health Science and Engineering, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200093, China.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Phages can specifically recognize and kill bacteria, which lead to important application value of bacteriophage in bacterial identification and typing, livestock aquaculture and treatment of human bacterial infection. Considering the variety of human-infected bacteria and the continuous discovery of numerous pathogenic bacteria, screening suitable therapeutic phages that are capable of infecting pathogens from massive phage databases has been a principal step in phage therapy design. Experimental methods to identify phage-host interaction (PHI) are time-consuming and expensive; high-throughput computational method to predict PHI is therefore a potential substitute. Here, we systemically review bioinformatic methods for predicting PHI, introduce reference databases and in silico models applied in these methods and highlight the strengths and challenges of current tools. Finally, we discuss the application scope and future research direction of computational prediction methods, which contribute to the performance improvement of prediction models and the development of personalized phage therapy.

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BacteriophagesComputational BiologyComputer SimulationPhage TherapyAnimalsBacteriaBacterial InfectionsHost-Pathogen InteractionsHumansbacteriophagein silico modelphage–host interactionphage therapy

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PMID38555471
PMCPMC10981677

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