{"title":"Editorial: Women in anti-inflammatory and immunomodulating agents: 2022","authors":"Jamie B. Spangler, Vanina A. Medina","doi":"10.3389/fddsv.2024.1380166","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3389/fddsv.2024.1380166","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":73080,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers in drug discovery","volume":"13 8","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-02-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140441132","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Editorial: Use of computational tools for designing epigenetic drugs","authors":"Y. Sixto-López, A. Uba, Kuldeep K. Roy","doi":"10.3389/fddsv.2024.1381450","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3389/fddsv.2024.1381450","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":73080,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers in drug discovery","volume":"33 ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-02-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140445528","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Machine learning in toxicological sciences: opportunities for assessing drug toxicity","authors":"L. Tonoyan, Arno G. Siraki","doi":"10.3389/fddsv.2024.1336025","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3389/fddsv.2024.1336025","url":null,"abstract":"Machine learning (ML) in toxicological sciences is growing exponentially, which presents unprecedented opportunities and brings up important considerations for using ML in this field. This review discusses supervised, unsupervised, and reinforcement learning and their applications to toxicology. The application of the scientific method is central to the development of a ML model. These steps involve defining the ML problem, constructing the dataset, transforming the data and feature selection, choosing and training a ML model, validation, and prediction. The need for rigorous models is becoming more of a requirement due to the vast number of chemicals and their interaction with biota. Large datasets make this task possible, though selecting databases with overlapping chemical spaces, amongst other things, is an important consideration. Predicting toxicity through machine learning can have significant societal impacts, including enhancements in assessing risks, determining clinical toxicities, evaluating carcinogenic properties, and detecting harmful side effects of medications. We provide a concise overview of the current state of this topic, focusing on the potential benefits and challenges related to the availability of extensive datasets, the methodologies for analyzing these datasets, and the ethical implications involved in applying such models.","PeriodicalId":73080,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers in drug discovery","volume":"27 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-02-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139852590","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Machine learning in toxicological sciences: opportunities for assessing drug toxicity","authors":"L. Tonoyan, Arno G. Siraki","doi":"10.3389/fddsv.2024.1336025","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3389/fddsv.2024.1336025","url":null,"abstract":"Machine learning (ML) in toxicological sciences is growing exponentially, which presents unprecedented opportunities and brings up important considerations for using ML in this field. This review discusses supervised, unsupervised, and reinforcement learning and their applications to toxicology. The application of the scientific method is central to the development of a ML model. These steps involve defining the ML problem, constructing the dataset, transforming the data and feature selection, choosing and training a ML model, validation, and prediction. The need for rigorous models is becoming more of a requirement due to the vast number of chemicals and their interaction with biota. Large datasets make this task possible, though selecting databases with overlapping chemical spaces, amongst other things, is an important consideration. Predicting toxicity through machine learning can have significant societal impacts, including enhancements in assessing risks, determining clinical toxicities, evaluating carcinogenic properties, and detecting harmful side effects of medications. We provide a concise overview of the current state of this topic, focusing on the potential benefits and challenges related to the availability of extensive datasets, the methodologies for analyzing these datasets, and the ethical implications involved in applying such models.","PeriodicalId":73080,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers in drug discovery","volume":" 13","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-02-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139792889","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Editorial: Discovery of EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitors for cancer treatment","authors":"Panupong Mahalapbutr, T. Rungrotmongkol","doi":"10.3389/fddsv.2024.1365318","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3389/fddsv.2024.1365318","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":73080,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers in drug discovery","volume":"21 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-02-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139795953","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Editorial: Discovery of EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitors for cancer treatment","authors":"Panupong Mahalapbutr, T. Rungrotmongkol","doi":"10.3389/fddsv.2024.1365318","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3389/fddsv.2024.1365318","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":73080,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers in drug discovery","volume":"8 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-02-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139855822","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ruifeng Liu, M. AbdulHameed, Zhen Xu, Benjamin Clancy, V. Desai, Anders Wallqvist
{"title":"Rapid screening of chemicals for their potential to cause specific toxidromes","authors":"Ruifeng Liu, M. AbdulHameed, Zhen Xu, Benjamin Clancy, V. Desai, Anders Wallqvist","doi":"10.3389/fddsv.2024.1324564","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3389/fddsv.2024.1324564","url":null,"abstract":"Toxidromes constitute patterns of symptoms and signs caused by specific toxic effects that guide emergency treatments. Computational identification of chemicals that cause different toxidromes allows us to rapidly screen novel compounds and compound classes as to their potential toxicity. The aim of the current study was to create a computational toolset that can map chemicals to their potential toxidromes. Hence, we evaluated the performance of a state-of-the-art deep learning method—the recently developed communicative message passing neural network (CMPNN)—for its ability to overcome the use of small datasets for training deep learning models. Our results indicated that multi-task training—a technique known for its ability to use multiple small datasets to train conventional deep neural networks—works equally well with CMPNN. We also showed that CMPNN-based ensemble learning results in more reliable predictions than those obtained using a single CMPNN model. In addition, we showed that the standard deviations of individual model predictions from an ensemble of CMPNN models correlated with the errors of ensemble predictions and could be used to estimate the reliability of ensemble predictions. For toxidromes that do not have well-defined molecular mechanisms or sufficient data to train a deep learning model, we used the similarity ensemble approach to develop molecular structural similarity-based toxidrome models. We made the toolset developed in this study publicly accessible via a web user interface at https://toxidrome.bhsai.org/.","PeriodicalId":73080,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers in drug discovery","volume":"4 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-02-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139803677","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ruifeng Liu, M. AbdulHameed, Zhen Xu, Benjamin Clancy, V. Desai, Anders Wallqvist
{"title":"Rapid screening of chemicals for their potential to cause specific toxidromes","authors":"Ruifeng Liu, M. AbdulHameed, Zhen Xu, Benjamin Clancy, V. Desai, Anders Wallqvist","doi":"10.3389/fddsv.2024.1324564","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3389/fddsv.2024.1324564","url":null,"abstract":"Toxidromes constitute patterns of symptoms and signs caused by specific toxic effects that guide emergency treatments. Computational identification of chemicals that cause different toxidromes allows us to rapidly screen novel compounds and compound classes as to their potential toxicity. The aim of the current study was to create a computational toolset that can map chemicals to their potential toxidromes. Hence, we evaluated the performance of a state-of-the-art deep learning method—the recently developed communicative message passing neural network (CMPNN)—for its ability to overcome the use of small datasets for training deep learning models. Our results indicated that multi-task training—a technique known for its ability to use multiple small datasets to train conventional deep neural networks—works equally well with CMPNN. We also showed that CMPNN-based ensemble learning results in more reliable predictions than those obtained using a single CMPNN model. In addition, we showed that the standard deviations of individual model predictions from an ensemble of CMPNN models correlated with the errors of ensemble predictions and could be used to estimate the reliability of ensemble predictions. For toxidromes that do not have well-defined molecular mechanisms or sufficient data to train a deep learning model, we used the similarity ensemble approach to develop molecular structural similarity-based toxidrome models. We made the toolset developed in this study publicly accessible via a web user interface at https://toxidrome.bhsai.org/.","PeriodicalId":73080,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers in drug discovery","volume":"3 10","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-02-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139863559","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Virgilio Romanelli, Carmen Cerchia, Antonio Lavecchia
{"title":"Deep generative models in the quest for anticancer drugs: ways forward","authors":"Virgilio Romanelli, Carmen Cerchia, Antonio Lavecchia","doi":"10.3389/fddsv.2024.1362956","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3389/fddsv.2024.1362956","url":null,"abstract":"Drug discovery is a costly and time-consuming process, especially because of the significant expenses connected with the high percentage of clinical trial failures. As such, there is a need for new paradigms enabling the optimization of the various stages, from hit identification to market approval. The upsurge in the use of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies and the advent of deep learning (DL) demonstrated a lot of promise in rethinking and redesigning the traditional pipelines in drug discovery, including de novo molecular design. In this regard, generative models have greatly impacted the de novo design of molecules with desired properties and are being increasingly integrated into real world drug discovery campaigns. Herein, we will briefly appraise recent case studies utilizing generative models for chemical structure generation in the area of anticancer drug discovery. Finally, we will analyze current challenges and limitations as well as the possible strategies to overcome them, outlining potential future directions to advance this exciting field.","PeriodicalId":73080,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers in drug discovery","volume":"52 9","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-02-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139871303","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Virgilio Romanelli, Carmen Cerchia, Antonio Lavecchia
{"title":"Deep generative models in the quest for anticancer drugs: ways forward","authors":"Virgilio Romanelli, Carmen Cerchia, Antonio Lavecchia","doi":"10.3389/fddsv.2024.1362956","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3389/fddsv.2024.1362956","url":null,"abstract":"Drug discovery is a costly and time-consuming process, especially because of the significant expenses connected with the high percentage of clinical trial failures. As such, there is a need for new paradigms enabling the optimization of the various stages, from hit identification to market approval. The upsurge in the use of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies and the advent of deep learning (DL) demonstrated a lot of promise in rethinking and redesigning the traditional pipelines in drug discovery, including de novo molecular design. In this regard, generative models have greatly impacted the de novo design of molecules with desired properties and are being increasingly integrated into real world drug discovery campaigns. Herein, we will briefly appraise recent case studies utilizing generative models for chemical structure generation in the area of anticancer drug discovery. Finally, we will analyze current challenges and limitations as well as the possible strategies to overcome them, outlining potential future directions to advance this exciting field.","PeriodicalId":73080,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers in drug discovery","volume":"49 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-02-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139811555","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}