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. 2019 Oct 21;42(1):353–372. doi: 10.1007/s11357-019-00106-x

Table 2.

Top drug identified by querying CREEDS that may reverse the aging DEGs in the turquoiseold module for adipose tissue

Drug Direction# Unique** Data* Possible effects Evidence## (PMID)
amoxicillin opposite Y M
ascorbic acid opposite Y M Reduces blood glucose + (22242019) (Dakhale et al. 2011); − (24,757,251, 18,160,753, 29,862,091) (Vasudevan and Hirsch 2014; Afkhami-Ardekani and Shojaoddiny-Ardekani 2007; Sharma et al. 2018); Δ (19580823) (Shibamura et al. 2009)
Baclofen opposite Y A Increases brown fat thermogenesis, body weight reduction + (3,748,315, 20,930,428) (Addae et al. 1986; Arima and Oiso 2010); − (30688773) (Triplett et al. 2019)
cis-9, trans-11 CLA (conjugated linoleic) opposite A Reduces body fat mass + (11110851) (Blankson et al. 2000).
clofibrate opposite A Lipid-lowering, extends C elegans lifespan Δ(23603800) (Brandstadt et al. 2013)
cyclosporine A opposite Y A Extends C elegans lifespan + (24134630) (Ye et al. 2014); − (26787364) (Pottecher et al. 2016)
dexamethasone opposite M Anti-inflammatory, extends glucose sensor + (19885112) (Klueh et al. 2007); − (30927408) (Martin et al. 2019)
diisononyl phthalate opposite A
dioctyl phthalate opposite A
episesamin opposite Y A Increases mitochondrial activity, antioxidant + (30,840,309, 31,150,685) (Le et al. 2019; Farbood et al. 2019)
equilin opposite A
eribulin #inconsistent Y A
FA #inconsistent Y A Oxidative stress resistance Δ(26546011) (Rathor et al. 2015)
GW3965 #inconsistent A Liver X receptor agonist + (27057732) (Sandoval-Hernandez et al. 2016); − (23,765,184) (Pettersson et al. 2013)
hydrogen peroxide opposite Y M Extends lifespan + (8138188) (Ku et al. 1993); − (15298493) (Watt et al. 2004)
lactobacillus brevis opposite Y A
MEK inhibitor U0126 #inconsistent Y A
oleic acid opposite Y A Increases insulin sensitivity + (26055507) (Perdomo et al. 2015)
paclitaxel #inconsistent Y A
parathyroid hormone opposite A Induces lipolysis + (3598394) (Taniguchi et al. 1987)
perfluorooctanoic acid opposite Y M
phosgene opposite M
pioglitazone opposite Y M Treats type 2 diabetes with anti-aging properties + (17628757) (Jafari et al. 2007)
plx4720 #inconsistent Y A
resveratrol #inconsistent M Extends lifespan Δ(16461283) (Valenzano et al. 2006)
rosiglitazone #inconsistent M Treats type 2 diabetes, bone loss + (20971975) (Millar et al. 2011); − (17332064) (Lazarenko et al. 2007)
stearic acid opposite A Can be converted to oleic acid + (27717956) (Han et al. 2017)
trichloroethylene opposite M
troglitazone #inconsistent M Previously used for diabetes, liver toxicity + (15793255) (Knowler et al. 2005); − (31294483) (Jia et al. 2019)
ubiquinol #inconsistent M Antioxidant Δ(19428456) (Yang et al. 2009)
WY-14643 opposite A Accelerates mitochondrial biogenesis + (16204368) (Bogacka et al. 2005)

#The direction of compound-induced signature compared with the aging DEG direction: opposite, #inconsistent (drug shows different direction in different methods)

**Compounds identified using turquoise module DEGs but not using all aging DEGs

*M- manually curated drug signatures; A- automatically curated signatures

##Evidence: Δ indicates that drug is in DrugAge build 3; ± indicates the drug has positive/negative evidence, respectively; Representative PubMed IDs are listed for either + or - evidence