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ArticleAdvanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany)2026

Leveraging 3D Molecular Spatial Visual Information and Multi-Perspective Representations for Drug Discovery.

Zimai Zhang, Xi Zhou, Yujie Qi, Xiaobo Zhu, Xun Deng, Feng Tan, Yuan Huang, Lun Hu, Zhuhong You, Pengwei Hu

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Article in Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany), 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers.

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18 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Zimai ZhangXinjiang Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Urumqi, 830011, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0001-0526-1475
Xi ZhouXinjiang Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Urumqi, 830011, China.
Yujie QiXinjiang Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Urumqi, 830011, China.
Xiaobo ZhuXinjiang Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Urumqi, 830011, China.
Xun DengXinjiang Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Urumqi, 830011, China.
Feng TanAl and Quantum Lab, Merck KGaA, 64293, Darmstadt, Germany.
Yuan HuangSchool of Computer Science, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xian, 710129, China.
Lun HuXinjiang Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Urumqi, 830011, China.
Zhuhong YouSchool of Computer Science, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xian, 710129, China.
Pengwei HuXinjiang Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Urumqi, 830011, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5974-7932

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China 62302495National Natural Science Foundation of China 62373348Natural Science Foundation of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region 2023D01E15Tianshan Talent Training Program 2023TSYCLJ0021Xinjiang Tianchi Talent Program E33B9401
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Drug discovery remains a costly and time-intensive process, where accurate identification of drug associations is critical for therapeutic development. Existing computational approaches predominantly rely on sequence-derived or 2D molecular representations, often overlooking the intrinsic 3D complexity of small molecules. Here, a deep learning framework is presented that directly learns from 3D molecular spatial visual information, capturing geometric, topological, and stereochemical features from spatial renderings. By integrating this spatial information with traditional molecular descriptors, unified multi-perspective representations are constructed that better reflect molecular structure and function. Across benchmark tasks involving drug-microRNA, drug-drug, and drug-protein interaction prediction, this model consistently outperforms conventional fingerprint-based baselines. Interpretability analyses show that the model attends to biologically relevant substructures, highlighting the value of 3D molecular spatial visual information in molecular recognition. These findings demonstrate the potential of spatially informed learning to enhance predictive performance and provide mechanistic insights in computational drug discovery.

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Deep LearningDrug DiscoveryComputational BiologyHumansMicroRNAsMicroRNAsdrug 3D molecular spatial visual informationdrug discoverymulti‐perspective learning

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PMID41090528
PMCPMC12786381

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