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ArticleMolecular informatics2025

Improving Molecular Design with Direct Inverse Analysis of QSAR/QSPR Model.

Yuto Shino, Hiromasa Kaneko

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Article in Molecular informatics, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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Yuto ShinoDepartment of Applied Chemistry, School of Science and Technology, Meiji University, 1-1-1 Higashi-Mita, Tama-ku, Kawasaki, Kanagawa 214-8571, Japan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0004-7410-9698
Hiromasa KanekoDepartment of Applied Chemistry, School of Science and Technology, Meiji University, 1-1-1 Higashi-Mita, Tama-ku, Kawasaki, Kanagawa 214-8571, Japan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8367-6476

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Abstract

Recent advances in machine learning have significantly impacted molecular design, notably the molecular generation method combining the chemical variational autoencoder (VAE) with Gaussian mixture regression (GMR). In this method, a mathematical model is constructed with X as the latent variable of the molecule and Y as the target properties and activities. Through direct inverse analysis of this model, it is possible to generate molecules with the desired target properties. However, this approach outputs many strings that do not follow the simplified molecular input line entry system grammar and generates unrealistic chemical structures in which the properties and activity do not satisfy the target values. In this study, we focus on hierarchical VAE using molecular graphs to address these issues. We confirm that the combination of hierarchical VAE and GMR does not generate invalid outputs and returns molecules that simultaneously satisfy multiple target values. Moreover, we use this method to identify several molecules that are predicted to exhibit activity against drug targets.

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Drug DesignQuantitative Structure-Activity RelationshipMachine Learningautoencodercheminformaticsdrug designmachine learningvirtual screening

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PMID39797757
PMCPMC11724648

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