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Specific inhibitors of growth factor cascades and signaling elements involved in sustained growth, survival and/or drug resistance of cancer progenitor cells and angiogenic process

Targeted signaling element Name of inhibitor
EGFR family member inhibitor
Anti-EGFR (erbB1) antibody mAb-C225, IMC-C225
Anti-EGF antibody ABX-EGF
EGFR-TKI Gefitinib, erlotinib, AG1478, EKB-569
Anti-erbB2 antibody Trastuzumab
EGFR-erbB2-TKI PKI-166, TAK165, GW572017 (lapatinib)
erbB1/erbB2/erbB3/erbB4-TKI CI1033
Other growth factor signaling inhibitor
Hedgehog SMO inhibitor cyclopamine, anti-SHH antibody
Anti-Wnt antibody, WIF-1
Wnt/ -catenin
Notch -secretase inhibitor DAPT, GSI-18
PDGFRβ/KIT/ABL-TKI Imatinib mesylate (STI571)
Sorafenib
PDGFR /FLT3
VEGF Anti-VEGF antibody (bevacizumab), As-VEGF
VEGFR Anti-VEGFR antibody
VEGFR1,2 and 3 CEP-7055, AZD2171
AMG 706, Vatalanib (PTK787/ZK 222584)
VEGFR1,2,3 /PDGFRβ/KIT
Signaling element inhibitor
Telomerase Telomerase template antagonist
MYC As-MYC
Bcl-2 ABT-737
PI3K LY294002, rapamycin, CCI-779
NF-κ B inhibitor IkBβ inhibitor, sulfasalazine, bortezomib (PS-341)
Src-family and ABL-TKI PD180970
Src-family-TKI CGP-76030
Fusion oncoprotein inhibitor
BCR-ABL Imatinib mesylate (STI571), dasatinib (BMS-354825), nilotinib
Imatinib mesylate (STI571)
FIP1L1-PDGFRα
All-trans retinoic acid
PML-RAR-α
Drug transporter inhibitor
ABC multidrug efflux transporter
MDR1/ABCB1/P-gp MS-209, gefitinib, CI1033, tamoxifen, cyclopamine
MRP1/ABCC1 MS-209
ABCG2/BCRP Gefitinib, CI1033, tamoxifen derivatives, cyclopamine
Organic cation intracellular transporter Oct-1 Prazosin

DAPT, N-[N-(3,5-difluorophenacetyl)-L-alanyl]-S-phenylglycine t-butyl ester;EGFR, epidermal growth factor receptor; KIT, stem cell factor (SCF) receptor;GSI-18, [11-endo]-N-(5,6,7,8,9,10-hexahydro-6,9-methanobenzo[a][8]annulen-11-ylthiophene-2-sulfonamide;MDR1, multidrug resistance 1;MRP1, multidrug resistance-associated protein 1;MRP2, multidrug resistance-associated protein 2;NF-kB, nuclear factor-kB;PDGFR, platelet-derived growth factor receptor;P-gp, P-glycoprotein;PI3K, phosphatidylinositide-3'-kinase;TKI, tyrosine kinase inhibitor;VEGF, vascular epithelial growth factor;VEGFR, vascular epithelial growth factor receptor;WIF-1, Wingless inhibitory factor-1;Wnt, Wingless ligand