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ReviewMolecules (Basel, Switzerland)2024

Recent Applications of In Silico Approaches for Studying Receptor Mutations Associated with Human Pathologies.

Matteo Pappalardo, Federica Maria Sipala, Milena Cristina Nicolosi, Salvatore Guccione, Simone Ronsisvalle

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Review in Molecules (Basel, Switzerland), 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Matteo PappalardoDepartment of Drug and Health Sciences, University of Catania, Viale A. Doria 6, 95125 Catania, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-6623-2849
Federica Maria SipalaDepartment of Drug and Health Sciences, University of Catania, Viale A. Doria 6, 95125 Catania, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-8477-3419
Milena Cristina NicolosiDepartment of Drug and Health Sciences, University of Catania, Viale A. Doria 6, 95125 Catania, Italy.ORCID 0009-0002-0213-3037
Salvatore GuccioneDepartment of Drug and Health Sciences, University of Catania, Viale A. Doria 6, 95125 Catania, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-9858-7732
Simone RonsisvalleDepartment of Drug and Health Sciences, University of Catania, Viale A. Doria 6, 95125 Catania, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-3488-7343

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In recent years, the advent of computational techniques to predict the potential activity of a drug interacting with a receptor or to predict the structure of unidentified proteins with aberrant characteristics has significantly impacted the field of drug design. We provide a comprehensive review of the current state of in silico approaches and software for investigating the effects of receptor mutations associated with human diseases, focusing on both frequent and rare mutations. The reported techniques include virtual screening, homology modeling, threading, docking, and molecular dynamics. This review clearly shows that it is common for successful studies to integrate different techniques in drug design, with docking and molecular dynamics being the most frequently used techniques. This trend reflects the current emphasis on developing novel therapies for diseases resulting from receptor mutations with the recently discovered AlphaFold algorithm as the driving force.

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Molecular Docking SimulationMolecular Dynamics SimulationMutationAlgorithmsComputational BiologyComputer SimulationDrug DesignHumansSoftwaredockingin silico approachesmolecular dynamicsmolecular modelingmutationsreceptors

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PMID39598735
PMCPMC11596970

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