1. Combination therapy synergism prediction for virus treatment using machine learning models.
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Majidifar S, Zabihian A, and Hooshmand M
- Subjects
- Humans, Ribavirin therapeutic use, Herpesvirus 1, Human drug effects, Herpesvirus 1, Human physiology, Acyclovir therapeutic use, Acyclovir administration & dosage, Acyclovir pharmacology, Virus Diseases drug therapy, Antiviral Agents therapeutic use, Antiviral Agents pharmacology, Machine Learning, Drug Synergism, Drug Therapy, Combination
- Abstract
Combining different drugs synergistically is an essential aspect of developing effective treatments. Although there is a plethora of research on computational prediction for new combination therapies, there is limited to no research on combination therapies in the treatment of viral diseases. This paper proposes AI-based models for predicting novel antiviral combinations to treat virus diseases synergistically. To do this, we assembled a comprehensive dataset comprising information on viral strains, drug compounds, and their known interactions. As far as we know, this is the first dataset and learning model on combination therapy for viruses. Our proposal includes using a random forest model, an SVM model, and a deep model to train viral combination therapy. The machine learning models showed the highest performance, and the predicted values were validated by a t-test, indicating the effectiveness of the proposed methods. One of the predicted combinations of acyclovir and ribavirin has been experimentally confirmed to have a synergistic antiviral effect against herpes simplex type-1 virus, as described in the literature., Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist., (Copyright: © 2024 Majidifar et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.)
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- 2024
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