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ArticleBMC genomics2025

UTR-Insight: integrating deep learning for efficient 5' UTR discovery and design.

Saichao Pan, Hanyu Wang, Hang Zhang, Zan Tang, Lianqiang Xu, Zhixiang Yan, Yong Hu

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Article in BMC genomics, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Saichao PanShenzhen Rhegen Biotechnology Co. Ltd, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China.
Hanyu WangShenzhen Rhegen Biotechnology Co. Ltd, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China.
Hang ZhangShenzhen Rhegen Biotechnology Co. Ltd, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China.
Zan TangShenzhen Rhegen Biotechnology Co. Ltd, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China.
Lianqiang XuShenzhen Rhegen Biotechnology Co. Ltd, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China.
Zhixiang YanShenzhen Rhegen Biotechnology Co. Ltd, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China. zhixiang.yan@rhegen.com.
Yong HuShenzhen Rhegen Biotechnology Co. Ltd, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China. yong.hu@rhegen.com.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The 5' UTR is critical for mRNA stability and translation efficiency in therapeutics. We developed UTR-Insight, a model integrating a pretrained language model with a CNN-Transformer architecture, explaining 89.1% of the mean ribosome load (MRL) variation in random 5' UTRs and 82.8% in endogenous 5' UTRs, surpassing existing models. Using UTR-Insight, we performed high-throughput in silico screening of hundreds of thousands of endogenous 5' UTRs from primates, mice, and viruses. The screened sequences increased protein expression by up to 319% compared to the human α-globin 5' UTR, and UTR-Insight-designed sequences achieved even greater expression levels than high-performing endogenous 5' UTRs.

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5' Untranslated RegionsDeep LearningAnimalsHumansMice5' Untranslated Regions5′ UTRDeep learningIn silico screeningMean ribosome loadmRNA therapeutics

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PMID39905334
PMCPMC11796101

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