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. 2019 Feb 8;4:3. doi: 10.1038/s41392-019-0036-y

Table 1.

GH signaling inhibitors

Strategy/drug name Target Company
SSTN receptor ligands
Octreotide LAR42,43 GH secretion Novartis; clinical use
Lanreotide autogel42,43 GH secretion Ipsen; clinical use
Pasireotide LAR42,43 GH secretion Novartis; clinical use
Octreolin42,43 GH secretion Chiasma; clinical development
Intravail Octreotide ProTek42,43 GH secretion Aegis; clinical use
Somatoprim (DG3173)42,43 GH secretion Aspireo; clinical development
Dopamine agonist
Cabergoline42,43 PRL/GH secretion Par Pharmaceutical; clinical use
GHRH antagonists111 GH secretion Preclinical development
GH analogs
Pegvisomant/B20366,114 GHR Pfizer; clinical use
GH-G120R118 GHR/PRLR
Fusion proteins
Antagonist–GHBP fusion128 GHR Asterion Ltd.; clinical development
Antisense oligonucleotide
ATL1103 (Atesidorsen)132 GHR Antisense Therapeutics Ltd.; clinical development
Anti-GHR antibody
Anti-GHRcyt-mAb133,137 GHR
GF185136 GHR
RN172135 GHR Pfizer; preclinical
CG-86134 Ghr (porcine)
Small molecule compound
BVT-A138 Unknown
GH signaling pathway inhibitors
JAK-STAT, MAPK, PI3K/AKT/mTOR140144

GHR growth hormone receptor, SSTN somatostatin, PRLR prolactin receptor, PRL prolactin, JAK-2 Janus kinase 2, STAT signal transducer and activator of transcription, MAPK mitogen-activated protein kinase, PI3K/AKT/mTOR phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase/AKT/mammalian target of rapamycin