Using transcriptomics and cell morphology data in drug discovery: The long road to practice

LL Pruteanu, A Bender - ACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters, 2023 - ACS Publications
Gene expression and cell morphology data are high-dimensional biological readouts of
much recent interest for drug discovery. They are able to describe biological systems in …

Predicting the Mitochondrial Toxicity of Small Molecules: Insights from Mechanistic Assays and Cell Painting Data

M Garcia de Lomana, PA Marin Zapata… - Chemical Research in …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Mitochondrial toxicity is a significant concern in the drug discovery process, as compounds
that disrupt the function of these organelles can lead to serious side effects, including liver …

[HTML][HTML] A Decade in a Systematic Review: The Evolution and Impact of Cell Painting

S Seal, MA Trapotsi, O Spjuth, S Singh… - ArXiv, 2024 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
High-content image-based assays have fueled significant discoveries in the life sciences in
the past decade (2013–2023), including novel insights into disease etiology, mechanism of …

Assessment of Drug-Induced Liver Injury through Cell Morphology and Gene Expression Analysis

V Lejal, N Cerisier, D Rouquié… - Chemical Research in …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Drug-induced liver injury (DILI) is a significant concern in drug development, often leading to
drug withdrawal. Although many studies aim to identify biomarkers and gene/pathway …

Deep representation learning determines drug mechanism of action from cell painting images

DR Wong, DJ Logan, S Hariharan, R Stanton… - Digital …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Fluorescent-based microscopy screens carry a broad range of phenotypic information about
how compounds affect cellular biology. From changes in cellular morphology observed in …

Cell Painting-based bioactivity prediction boosts high-throughput screening hit-rates and compound diversity

J Fredin Haslum, CH Lardeau, J Karlsson… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Identifying active compounds for a target is a time-and resource-intensive task in early drug
discovery. Accurate bioactivity prediction using morphological profiles could streamline the …

Microsnoop: A generalist tool for microscopy image representation

D Xun, R Wang, X Zhang, Y Wang - The Innovation, 2024 - cell.com
Accurate profiling of microscopy images from small scale to high throughput is an essential
procedure in basic and applied biological research. Here, we present Microsnoop, a novel …

[HTML][HTML] Designing microplate layouts using artificial intelligence

MAF Rodríguez, JC Puigvert, O Spjuth - Artificial Intelligence in the Life …, 2023 - Elsevier
Microplates are indispensable in large-scale biomedical experiments but the physical
location of samples and controls on the microplate can significantly affect the resulting data …

[HTML][HTML] Artificial intelligence for high content imaging in drug discovery

J Carreras-Puigvert, O Spjuth - Current Opinion in Structural Biology, 2024 - Elsevier
Artificial intelligence (AI) and high-content imaging (HCI) are contributing to advancements
in drug discovery, propelled by the recent progress in deep neural networks. This review …

Unleashing the potential of cell painting assays for compound activities and hazards prediction

F Odje, D Meijer, E Von Coburg… - Frontiers in …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
The cell painting (CP) assay has emerged as a potent imaging-based high-throughput
phenotypic profiling (HTPP) tool that provides comprehensive input data for in silico …