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. 2012 Mar 14;7(3):e33174. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0033174

Table 4. Putative targets with associated drugs.

Gene1 Involvement in immunity [29][31] JAX phenotype3 Drug Name Current Indication3 [29][31], [103]
CCL2 activator2 not available Danazol endometriosis, benign breast disorders, angioedema
F3 activator none Coagulation factor VIIa hemorrhagic complications in hemophilia A and B
PIK3R1 activator; used by viruses abnormal humoral immune response & B cell physiology Isoproterenol mild/transient heart block; asthma and chronic bronchitis
CD86 activator2 abnormal humoral immune response; dec. T cell proliferation Abatacept RA; polyarticular JIA
Antithymocyte globulin renal transplant rejection
IL1B activator inc. susceptibility to bacterial infection Minocycline bacterial infections
Canakinumab CAPS
TNF activator2 abnormal immune system physiology, inc. susceptibility to viral infection, inc./dec. susceptibility to bacterial infection Infliximab Crohn's disease; ulcerative colitis; RA, JIA & psoriatic arthritis; ankylosing spondylitis
Pranlukast reduces bronchospasm caused by allergic reaction
Amrinone congestive heart failure
Etanercept, Adalimumab RA; JIA (Etanercept); psoriatic arthritis (Adalimumab); ankylosing spondylitis; severe plaque psoriasis (Etanercept); Crohn's disease (Adalimumab)
Thalidomide multiple myeloma and erythema nodosum leprosum
Chloroquine malaria; RA
Amrinone congestive heart failure
Clenbuterol bronchodilator for asthma attacks
MMP9 used by viruses abnormal histamine physiology Marimastat cancer
Minocycline bacterial infections
Captopril renovascular hypertension; congestive heart failure; left ventricular dysfunction; nephropathy
JUN activator2 none Irbesartan hypertension; nephropathy in type 2 diabetic patients
Arsenic trioxide acute promyelocytic leukemia
CASP1 activator2 dec. inflammatory response, inc./dec. susceptibility to bacterial infection Minocycline bacterial infections
TUBB3 used by viruses not available Ixabepilone breast cancer
1

CASP1 and TUBB3 are members of Parkin-UPS pathway.

2

Strongly associated with innate immune response activation.

3

RA = rheumatoid arthritis; JIA = juvenile idiopathic arthritis; CAPS = cryopyrin-associated periodic syndromes; inc. = increased; dec. = decreased.