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Machine Learning for Drug-Target Interaction Prediction

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Chen, Ruolan, Liu, Xiangrong, Jin, Shuting, Lin, Jiawei, Liu, Juan·2018·Molecules

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Identifying drug-target interactions will greatly narrow down the scope of search of candidate medications, and thus can serve as the vital first step in drug discovery. Considering that in vitro experiments are extremely costly and time-consuming, high efficiency computational prediction methods could serve as promising strategies for drug-target interaction (DTI) prediction. In this review, our goal is to focus on machine learning approaches and provide a comprehensive overview. First, we summarize a brief list of databases frequently used in drug discovery. Next, we adopt a hierarchical classification scheme and introduce several representative methods of each category, especially the recent state-of-the-art methods. In addition, we compare the advantages and limitations of methods in each category. Lastly, we discuss the remaining challenges and future outlook of machine learning in DTI prediction. This article may provide a reference and tutorial insights on machine learning-based DTI prediction for future researchers.

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Authors
Chen, R., Liu, X., Jin, S., Lin, J., & Liu, J.
Affiliations
Xiamen University (CN)
Corresponding author
Liu, Juan
Venue
Molecules
Publisher
MDPI AG
Published
2018-08-31
Volume
23
Issue
9
Pages
2208
ISSN
1420-3049 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2889321024
Cited by
292
References
74
Citations by year
2026: 22 · 2025: 34 · 2024: 56 · 2023: 44 · 2022: 49 · 2021: 41 · 2020: 24 · 2019: 22
FWCI
1.70
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
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  • Molecules (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion, other-oa)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
Funders
National Natural Science Foundation of China (61472333, 61772441, 61472335)
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Computational Theory and Mathematics › Computational Drug Discovery Methods
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Machine Learning in Bioinformatics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Bioinformatics and Genomic Networks
Keywords
drug-target interaction prediction, machine learning, drug discovery, hierarchical classification, computational drug discovery
MeSH terms
Machine Learning, Algorithms, Drug Interactions, Humans, Drug Delivery Systems, Databases as Topic, Drug Discovery

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