Progress and challenges for the machine learning-based design of fit-for-purpose monoclonal antibodies

Autor: Rahmad Akbar, Habib Bashour, Puneet Rawat, Philippe A. Robert, Eva Smorodina, Tudor-Stefan Cotet, Karine Flem-Karlsen, Robert Frank, Brij Bhushan Mehta, Mai Ha Vu, Talip Zengin, Jose Gutierrez-Marcos, Fridtjof Lund-Johansen, Jan Terje Andersen, Victor Greiff
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: mAbs, Vol 14, Iss 1 (2022)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 19420862
1942-0870
1942-0862
DOI: 10.1080/19420862.2021.2008790
Popis: Although the therapeutic efficacy and commercial success of monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) are tremendous, the design and discovery of new candidates remain a time and cost-intensive endeavor. In this regard, progress in the generation of data describing antigen binding and developability, computational methodology, and artificial intelligence may pave the way for a new era of in silico on-demand immunotherapeutics design and discovery. Here, we argue that the main necessary machine learning (ML) components for an in silico mAb sequence generator are: understanding of the rules of mAb-antigen binding, capacity to modularly combine mAb design parameters, and algorithms for unconstrained parameter-driven in silico mAb sequence synthesis. We review the current progress toward the realization of these necessary components and discuss the challenges that must be overcome to allow the on-demand ML-based discovery and design of fit-for-purpose mAb therapeutic candidates.
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