Integrating AI-enhanced kinase enrichment analysis (KEA) with geometric deep learning and federated learning for precision drug repurposing.

Journal: Drug discovery today
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Artificial intelligence (AI) is reshaping drug repurposing by integrating systems biology with molecular design. Here, we present a unified framework combining AI-enhanced Kinase Enrichment Analysis (KEA), geometric deep learning, and federated learning to enable scalable and privacy-preserving therapeutic discovery. KEA prioritizes disease-relevant kinases from multi-omics data, while geometric deep learning captures structure-activity relationships (SARs) at atomic resolution. Federated learning facilitates secure, multi-institutional model training across heterogeneous datasets. This integrative pipeline enhances identification of repurposable kinase inhibitors and supports emerging modalities, such as proteolysis-targeting chimeras (PROTACs). A case study in Alzheimer's disease (AD) highlights improved target prioritization and predictive performance. By bridging kinase signaling networks with AI-driven modeling, this framework provides a robust strategy for accelerating precision drug discovery and repurposing.

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