BenevolentAl Therapeutics Pipeline and Triage
Prediction strategy geared for identification of fibrotic
regulators driven through oxidative stress
Target identification and hypothesis validation strategies
were aligned to identify targets that could impact:
•
Fibrosis (hepatic stellate cell activation assay)
⚫ Steatosis (hepatocyte lipid accumulation assay)
Models were trained using datasets focussed on:
• NAFLD disease biology
•
Oxidative stress mechanism
1
Define biological
question and assays
2
Transcriptomics data
selection
3
Models run
Normal liver
First hit
Insulin resistance
↓ẞ-oxidation
↑ De novo fatty
acid synthesis
4
Target Triage
NAFLD
NASH
Fibrosis/Cirrhosis
5
Second hit
Hypothesis validation
↑ Oxidative stress
Necroinflammation
and inflammation
Targets A & B
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