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ArticleJournal of cheminformatics2025

Matched pairs demonstrate robustness against inter-assay variability.

Jochem Nelen, Horacio Pérez-Sánchez, Hans De Winter, Dries Van Rompaey

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Jochem NelenStructural Bioinformatics and High Performance Computing Research Group (BIO-HPC), HiTech Innovation Hub, UCAM Universidad Católica de Murcia, 30107, Murcia, Spain.
Horacio Pérez-SánchezStructural Bioinformatics and High Performance Computing Research Group (BIO-HPC), HiTech Innovation Hub, UCAM Universidad Católica de Murcia, 30107, Murcia, Spain.
Hans De WinterDepartment of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Faculty of Pharmaceutical, Biomedical and Veterinary Sciences, University of Antwerp, Universiteitsplein 1A, 2610, Wilrijk, Belgium. hans.dewinter@uantwerpen.be.
Dries Van RompaeyDrug Discovery Data Sciences, Janssen Pharmaceutica NV, Turnhoutseweg 30, 2340, Beerse, Belgium.

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Abstract

Machine learning models for chemistry require large datasets, often compiled by combining data from multiple assays. However, combining data without careful curation can introduce significant noise. While absolute values from different assays are rarely comparable, trends or differences between compounds are often assumed to be consistent. This study evaluates that assumption by analyzing potency differences between matched compound pairs across assays and assessing the impact of assay metadata curation on error reduction. We find that potency differences between matched pairs exhibit less variability than individual compound measurements, suggesting systematic assay differences may partially cancel out in paired data. Metadata curation further improves inter-assay agreement, albeit at the cost of dataset size. For minimally curated compound pairs, agreement within 0.3 pChEMBL units was found to be 44-46% for K

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Assay noiseChEMBLData curationMachine learningMatched structural pairs

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PMID39833966
PMCPMC11748845

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