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. 2018 May 3;13(5):e0196351. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0196351

Table 3. FDA approved drugs targeting on upstream signaling of TFs.

Drug Name Target Titles of articles related to CSC treatment
Palbociclib CDK4 Targeting cancer stem cell propagation with palbociclib, a CDK4/6 inhibitor: Telomerase drives tumor cell heterogeneity. [42]
Arsenic trioxide CCND1 MAPK1 IKBKB Arsenic trioxide sensitizes cancer stem cells to chemoradiotherapy. A new approach in the treatment of inoperable glioblastoma multiforme. [49]
Insulin Human RB1
Insulin Pork RB1
Regorafenib MAPK11
Acetylsalicylic acid TP53 IKBKB PRKAG2 PRKAG3 PRKAA1 PRKAA2 PRKAG1 PRKAB1
Cobimetinib MAP2K1
Bosutinib MAP2K1 MAP2K2 The therapeutic potential of targeting ABC transporters to combat multi-drug resistance. [43]
Trametinib MAP2K1 MAP2K2 Roles of EGFR and KRAS and their downstream signaling pathways in pancreatic cancer and pancreatic cancer stem cells. [44]
Isoprenaline MAPK1PIK3R1
Celecoxib PDPK1 Expression Patterns of Cancer Stem Cell Markers During Specific Celecoxib Therapy in Multistep Rat Colon Carcinogenesis Bioassays. [45]
Sucralfate EGF
Cetuximab EGFR Antitumor activity of Cetuximab in combination with Ixabepilone on triple negative breast cancer stem cells. [50]
Trastuzumab EGFR Cancer stem cell-driven efficacy of trastuzumab (Herceptin): towards a reclassification of clinically HER2-positive breast carcinomas. [51]
Lidocaine EGFR
Gefitinib EGFR
Erlotinib EGFR Tyr1068-phosphorylated epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) predicts cancer stem cell targeting by erlotinib in preclinical models of wild-type EGFR lung cancer. [52]
Lapatinib EGFR
Panitumumab EGFR Cancer Stem Cell-Based Models of Colorectal Cancer Reveal Molecular Determinants of Therapy Resistance. [53]
Vandetanib EGFR
Afatinib EGFR Afatinib radiosensitizes head and neck squamous cell carcinoma cells by targeting cancer stem cells. [54]
Osimertinib EGFR
Necitumumab EGFR
Mesalazine IKBKB Mesalazine inhibits the β-catenin signalling pathway acting through the upregulation of μ-protocadherin gene in colo-rectal cancer cells. [55]
Sulfasalazine IKBKB
Auranofin IKBKB
Acetylcysteine IKBKB
Urea CTNNB1
Lithium GSK3B
Cyclosporine PPP3R2 Cancer Stem Cells in Prostate Cancer: Implications for Targeted Therapy. [56]
Pseudoephedrine NFATC1
Halothane GNG2
Adenosine monophosphate PRKAA1 PRKAB1
Adenosine triphosphate PRKAA1 Extracellular ATP reduces tumor sphere growth and cancer stem cell population in glioblastoma cells. [57]
Phenformin PRKAA1 Metformin and phenformin deplete tricarboxylic acid cycle and glycolytic intermediates during cell transformation and NTPs in cancer stem cells. [46]
Metformin PRKAB1 Metformin and prostate cancer stem cells: a novel therapeutic target. [47]
Sorafenib FLT3
Sunitinib FLT3
Ponatinib FLT3
Nintedanib FLT3