Summary of Mate-pred: Multimodal Attention-based Tcr-epitope Interaction Predictor, by Etienne Goffinet et al.
MATE-Pred: Multimodal Attention-based TCR-Epitope interaction Predictor
by Etienne Goffinet, Raghvendra Mall, Ankita Singh, Rahul Kaushik, Filippo Castiglione
First submitted to arxiv on: 5 Dec 2023
Categories
- Main: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
- Secondary: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI)
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| High | Paper authors | High Difficulty Summary Read the original abstract here |
| Medium | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Medium Difficulty Summary In this study, researchers develop a computational method to accurately predict the binding affinity between T-cell receptors and epitopes. This is crucial for designing effective immunotherapy strategies. The approach combines deep learning techniques with evolutionary features to convert receptor and epitope sequences into numerical values. Alternatively, pre-trained language models are used to summarize amino acid residue-level embeddings and obtain sequence-wise representations. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary This study helps us better understand how our immune system works by predicting the binding affinity between T-cell receptors and epitopes. This is important because it can help doctors develop new treatments for diseases like cancer. The researchers use special computer programs that learn from large amounts of data to make predictions. They test different approaches and find one that works well. |
Keywords
* Artificial intelligence * Deep learning
