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ReviewCell reports methods2025

In silico methods for drug-target interaction prediction.

Xiaoqing Ru, Lifeng Xu, Wu Han, Quan Zou

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Review in Cell reports methods, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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12 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Xiaoqing RuThe Quzhou Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Quzhou People's Hospital, Quzhou, China; Yangtze Delta Region Institute (Quzhou), University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Quzhou, China.
Lifeng XuThe Quzhou Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Quzhou People's Hospital, Quzhou, China.
Wu HanDepartment of Statistics, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA. Electronic address: kevinwh@stanford.edu.
Quan ZouYangtze Delta Region Institute (Quzhou), University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Quzhou, China; Institute of Fundamental and Frontier Sciences, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China. Electronic address: zouquan@nclab.net.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Drug-target interaction (DTI) prediction is a crucial component of drug discovery. In recent years, in silico approaches have attracted attention for DTI prediction, primarily because of their potential to mitigate the high costs, low success rates, and extensive timelines of traditional drug development, while efficiently using the growing amount of available data. This review identifies four major factors that influence DTI predictions, highlights persistent challenges, and proposes insights and strategies from the perspectives of data, features, and experimental setups to address these challenges. Furthermore, it emphasizes the importance of refining established approaches-such as the "guilt-by-association" concept-to manage data sparsity, and integrating emerging technologies, including large language models and AlphaFold, to advance feature engineering. We hope that this work will provide valuable guidance and novel perspectives for advancing future research on DTI predictions.

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Computational BiologyComputer SimulationDrug DiscoveryDrug DevelopmentHumansCP: computational biologydrug-target interaction predictionDTI prediction strategiesin silico approaches

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PMCPMC12570315

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