Merging ligand-based and structure-based methods in drug discovery: An overview of combined virtual screening approaches

J Vázquez, M López, E Gibert, E Herrero, FJ Luque - Molecules, 2020 - mdpi.com
Virtual screening (VS) is an outstanding cornerstone in the drug discovery pipeline. A variety
of computational approaches, which are generally classified as ligand-based (LB) and …

[HTML][HTML] Quantum mechanical-based strategies in drug discovery: Finding the pace to new challenges in drug design

T Ginex, J Vázquez, C Estarellas, FJ Luque - Current Opinion in Structural …, 2024 - Elsevier
The expansion of the chemical space to tangible libraries containing billions of
synthesizable molecules opens exciting opportunities for drug discovery, but also …

New trends in virtual screening

WP Walters, R Wang - Journal of chemical information and …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Although the literature contains numerous examples of successful virtual screening
campaigns, the field continues to evolve and deal with new challenges. In this special issue …

Screening and Biological Evaluation of Soluble Epoxide Hydrolase Inhibitors: Assessing the Role of Hydrophobicity in the Pharmacophore-Guided Search of Novel …

J Vázquez, T Ginex, A Herrero… - Journal of chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The human soluble epoxide hydrolase (sEH) is a bifunctional enzyme that modulates the
levels of regulatory epoxy lipids. The hydrolase activity is carried out by a catalytic triad …

Assessing the performance of MM/PBSA and MM/GBSA methods. 10. Prediction reliability of binding affinities and binding poses for RNA–ligand complexes

D Jiang, H Du, H Zhao, Y Deng, Z Wu… - Physical Chemistry …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Ribonucleic acid (RNA)–ligand interactions play a pivotal role in a wide spectrum of
biological processes, ranging from protein biosynthesis to cellular reproduction. This …

Validation of a field-based ligand screener using a novel benchmarking data set for assessing 3D-based virtual screening methods

I Giangreco, A Mukhopadhyay… - Journal of Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Ligand-based methods play a crucial role in virtual screening when the 3D structure of the
target is not available. This study discusses the results of a validation study of the CSD field …

Quantum computing and its promise in Drug Discovery

R Mishra, PS Mishra, R Mazumder… - Drug Delivery …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
It is widely accepted that quantum computation and the science of quantum computation
mechanics are excellent tools for drug design and discovery because of their high precision …

On the relevance of query definition in the performance of 3D ligand-based virtual screening

J Vázquez, R García, P Llinares, FJ Luque… - Journal of Computer …, 2024 - Springer
Ligand-based virtual screening (LBVS) methods are widely used to explore the vast
chemical space in the search of novel compounds resorting to a variety of properties …

Towards an Enrichment Optimization Algorithm (EOA)‐based Target Specific Docking Functions for Virtual Screening

J Spiegel, H Senderowitz - Molecular Informatics, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Docking‐based virtual screening (VS) is a common starting point in many drug discovery
projects. While ligand‐based approaches may sometimes provide better results, the …

Cambridge Structural Database (CSD)–Drug Discovery Through Data Mining & Knowledge‐Based Tools

F Stanzione, R Chikhale… - … Drug Discovery: Methods …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
There are very few knowledge‐based and data‐driven tools, and those that are available
play a very important role in the drug discovery process. The Cambridge Structural …