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Dark Surface Target Evaluator
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Dark Genes
Surfaceome
CSC Tau
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Dark Target Confidence Report
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Overall dark target score
Foresight failure risk
Dimension Breakdown
CSC Specificity (Kendall τ)
Weight: 40% of overall score
Kendall's tau measuring CSC-specific expression versus all other cell types in the selected dataset. CSC clusters defined by PROM1/CD44/ALDH1A1 co-expression.
Surface Topology Confidence
Weight: 20% of overall score
Confidence that the protein is surface-localised, based on ≥2 of: TMHMM transmembrane helices, SignalP signal peptide / GPI anchor, UniProt GO:surface, CSPA experimental confirmation.
Target Darkness (Pharos)
Weight: 20% of overall score
Pharos IDG tier reflecting absence of drug development activity and limited biological characterisation. Tdark = <5 PubMed papers, no approved drugs, no MoA. Tbio = some biology known, still no drugs.
Normal Tissue Safety
Weight: 20% of overall score
On-target normal tissue toxicity risk based on expression in heart, liver, kidney, and neurons. Safety flag is raised when expression exceeds the 20th percentile of safe reference targets.