Journal of computer-aided molecular design
Sep 22, 2021
While machine learning models have become a mainstay in Cheminformatics, the field has yet to agree on standards for model evaluation and comparison. In many cases, authors compare methods by performing multiple folds of cross-validation and reportin...
Journal of computer-aided molecular design
Jul 17, 2021
Accurate prediction of lipophilicity-logP-based on molecular structures is a well-established field. Predictions of logP are often used to drive forward drug discovery projects. Driven by the SAMPL7 challenge, in this manuscript we describe the steps...
Journal of computer-aided molecular design
Jun 30, 2021
In the field of drug-target interactions prediction, the majority of approaches formulated the problem as a simple binary classification task. These methods used binary drug-target interaction datasets to train their models. The prediction of drug-ta...
Journal of computer-aided molecular design
May 28, 2021
Exploring the origin of multi-target activity of small molecules and designing new multi-target compounds are highly topical issues in pharmaceutical research. We have investigated the ability of a generative neural network to create multi-target com...
Journal of computer-aided molecular design
Mar 19, 2021
An activity cliff (AC) is formed by a pair of structurally similar compounds with a large difference in potency. Accordingly, ACs reveal structure-activity relationship (SAR) discontinuity and provide SAR information for compound optimization. Herein...
Journal of computer-aided molecular design
Oct 9, 2020
Atomistic simulations have become an invaluable tool for industrial applications ranging from the optimization of protein-ligand interactions for drug discovery to the design of new materials for energy applications. Here we review recent advances in...
Journal of computer-aided molecular design
Sep 23, 2020
A proinflammatory peptide (PIP) is a type of signaling molecules that are secreted from immune cells, which contributes to the first line of defense against invading pathogens. Numerous experiments have shown that PIPs play an important role in human...
Journal of computer-aided molecular design
Jun 16, 2020
Phage virion protein (PVP) perforate the host cell membrane and eventually culminates in cell rupture thereby releasing replicated phages. The accurate identification of PVP is thus a crucial step towards improving our understanding of the biological...
Journal of computer-aided molecular design
May 2, 2020
Difficulties in interpreting machine learning (ML) models and their predictions limit the practical applicability of and confidence in ML in pharmaceutical research. There is a need for agnostic approaches aiding in the interpretation of ML models re...
Journal of computer-aided molecular design
Apr 16, 2020
In drug development, late stage toxicity issues of a compound are the main cause of failure in clinical trials. In silico methods are therefore of high importance to guide the early design process to reduce time, costs and animal testing. Technical a...