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ArticleAging2022

Screening of antibacterial compounds with novel structure from the FDA approved drugs using machine learning methods.

Wen-Xing Li, Xin Tong, Peng-Peng Yang, Yang Zheng, Ji-Hao Liang, Gong-Hua Li, Dahai Liu, Dao-Gang Guan, Shao-Xing Dai

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Article in Aging, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
12citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
2.3field-weighted citation impact, top 11% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

12 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 18 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Frontiers in bioinformatics · 2026
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  7. Drug Repurposing: An Emerging Strategy inJournal of microbiology and biotechnology · 2025
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  12. Machine Learning in Antibacterial Drug Design.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2022
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.

Wen-Xing LiDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, Guangdong, China.
Xin TongState Key Laboratory of Primate Biomedical Research, Institute of Primate Translational Medicine, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming 650500, Yunnan, China.
Peng-Peng YangState Key Laboratory of Primate Biomedical Research, Institute of Primate Translational Medicine, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming 650500, Yunnan, China.
Yang ZhengState Key Laboratory of Primate Biomedical Research, Institute of Primate Translational Medicine, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming 650500, Yunnan, China.
Ji-Hao LiangState Key Laboratory of Primate Biomedical Research, Institute of Primate Translational Medicine, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming 650500, Yunnan, China.
Gong-Hua LiState Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Evolution, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650223, Yunnan, China.
Dahai LiuSchool of Medicine, Foshan University, Foshan 528000, Guangdong, China.
Dao-Gang GuanDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, Guangdong, China.
Shao-Xing DaiState Key Laboratory of Primate Biomedical Research, Institute of Primate Translational Medicine, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming 650500, Yunnan, China.
Kunming University of Science and Technology · CNCell Technology (China) · CNFoshan University · CNKunming Institute of Zoology · CNSouthern Medical University · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Bacterial infection is one of the most important factors affecting the human life span. Elderly people are more harmed by bacterial infections due to their deficits in immunity. Because of the lack of new antibiotics in recent years, bacterial resistance has increasingly become a serious problem globally. In this study, an antibacterial compound predictor was constructed using the support vector machines and random forest methods and the data of the active and inactive antibacterial compounds from the ChEMBL database. The results showed that both models have excellent prediction performance (mean accuracy >0.9 and mean AUC >0.9 for the two models). We used the predictor to screen potential antibacterial compounds from FDA-approved drugs in the DrugBank database. The screening results showed that 1087 small-molecule drugs have potential antibacterial activity and 154 of them are FDA-approved antibacterial drugs, which accounts for 76.2% of the approved antibacterial drugs collected in this study. Through molecular fingerprint similarity analysis and common substructure analysis, we screened 8 predicted antibacterial small-molecule compounds with novel structures compared with known antibacterial drugs, and 5 of them are widely used in the treatment of various tumors. This study provides a new insight for predicting antibacterial compounds by using approved drugs, the predicted compounds might be used to treat bacterial infections and extend lifespan.

Indexed as

Anti-Bacterial AgentsMachine LearningAgedHumansSupport Vector MachineAnti-Bacterial Agentsantibacterial compounddrug repositioningmachine learningstructural similarityvirtual screening

Identifiers

PMID35150482
PMCPMC8876917
OpenAlexW4220870834

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