Journal of computer-aided molecular design
Dec 3, 2025
The identification of protein target classes is a key step in drug discovery, as it enables prioritization of screening campaigns and supports target-based drug repurpose. In this study, we developed a deep-learning pipeline based on a multilayer per...
Nuclear receptors (NRs) are a superfamily of ligand-activated transcription factors that regulate gene expression in response to metabolic, hormonal, and environmental signals. These receptors play a critical role in metabolic homeostasis, inflammati...
Membrane contact sites (MCSs) are areas of close proximity between organelles that allow the exchange of material, among other roles. The endoplasmic reticulum (ER) has MCSs with a variety of organelles in the cell. MCSs are dynamic, responding to ch...
Environmental estrogens (EEs), as typical endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs), can bind to classic estrogen receptors (ERs) to induce genomic effects, as well as to G protein-coupled estrogen receptor (GPER) located on the membrane, thereby inducin...
Farnesoid X receptor (FXR) is a key regulator of bile acid, lipid, and glucose homeostasis, making it a promising target for treating metabolic diseases. FXR antagonists have shown therapeutic potential in cholestasis, metabolic disorders, and certai...
Journal of chemical information and modeling
Aug 30, 2022
The mechanism of transcriptional activation/repression of the nuclear receptors (NRs) involves two main conformations of the NR protein, namely, the active (agonistic) and inactive (antagonistic) conformations. Binding of agonists or antagonists to t...
International journal of molecular sciences
Oct 6, 2021
In silico approaches have been studied intensively to assess the toxicological risk of various chemical compounds as alternatives to traditional in vivo animal tests. Among these approaches, quantitative structure-activity relationship (QSAR) analysi...
Identification of drug-target interactions (DTIs) is vital for drug discovery. However, traditional biological approaches have some unavoidable shortcomings, such as being time consuming and expensive. Therefore, there is an urgent need to develop no...
To greatly expand the druggable genome, fast and accurate predictions of cryptic sites for small molecules binding in target proteins are in high demand. In this study, we have developed a fast and simple conformational sampling scheme guided by norm...
In toxicity evaluation based on the nuclear receptor signalling pathway, in silico prediction tools are used for the detection of the early stages of long-term toxicities, the prioritization of newly synthesized chemicals and the acquisition of the s...
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