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. 2021 Apr 18;13(8):1953. doi: 10.3390/cancers13081953

Table 1.

Drug class, specific drug, and drug targets of repurposed agents currently undergoing preclinical investigation.

Drug Class Drugs Targets Reference(s)
Antiarrhythmics Digoxin Na+/K+ ATPase, AKT [19]
Proscillaridin A GSK3β [20]
Antibiotics Tetracyclines Mitochondria [21,22]
Dapsone FPR, IL-8, Leukotriene-B4 [23]
Clofazimine Cx46 [24]
Antidiabetics Repaglinide BCL-2, PD-L1, Beclin 1 [25]
Antidepressants Imipramine ATG7 [26]
Clomipramine Complex III Cytochrome B [27]
Fluvoxamine AKT/mTOR [28]
Sertraline MAPK [29]
Anti-inflammatories IP187B/Aspirin STAT3, NF-κB, IGFR, PD-1 [28,30,31,32,33]
Celecoxib COX-2, NF-κB [34,35,36]
Ibudilast MIF [37]
Sulfasalazine System X(c)(-) Antiporter [38,39]
Immunosuppressants Everolimus mTOR, MCL-1 [40,41,42]
Sirolimus
Temsirolimus
Antihypertensives Mibefradil NHEJ, Cav3.2 [43]
Prazosin AKT [32]
Amlodipine PKD, Caspase 3 [44]
Pentoxifylline NA [45]
Antipsychotics Thioridazine AMPK, MAP1/LC3-II, WNT [46,47,48]
DS00329 Cyclin A, Cyclin B, Cyclin D1 [49]
Chlorpromazine CcO Complex IV [50,51]
Fluspirilene STAT3 [52]
Penfluridol SOX2, OCT4, uPAR [53]
Olanzapine AMPK [54]
Quetiapine WNT [55]
Brexpiprazole Survivin [56]
Antivirals Simeprevir PI4K [57]
Ribavirin EZH2, ERK [58]
Biologics and Small-Molecule Inhibitors AS602801 JNK [59]
CEP-1347 [60]
LY294002 PI3K [61]
PX-886 [61]
Ibrutinib TK, BMX-STA3 [62]
Roscovitin CDK [63]
Binimetinib MEK [64]
Encorafenib BRAF [64]
Disulfiram Disulfiram PLK1, Ubiquitin–Proteasome Pathway, AIF [65,66,67,68]
Methylxanthines Theophylline PDE
Theobromine [69]
Caffeine
Neurocognitive Riluzole Na+ Transporter, ITAF hnRNP A1, HIF1A, AKT [70,71,72]
Dimethyl fumarate ERK1/2, AKT [73]
Idebenone p21 [74]
Statins Lovastatin c-Myc, SKP2 [75,76]
Simvastatin EGFR, FGFR, c-SRC [77]
Atorvastatin RAS [78]
Other Aurintricarboxylic acid NF-κB [79]
Papaverine HMGB1/RAGE [80]
Bacoside A CAMKIIA [81]
Verteporfin YAP, HIF1A [82]
Clomiphene IDH1 [83]

Abbreviations: protein kinase B (AKT); glycogen synthase kinase (GSK3B); formyl peptide receptor (FPR); interleukin-8 (IL-8); connexin 46 (Cx46); B-cell lymphoma 2 (BCL2); programmed death-ligand 1 (PDL1); autophagy related 7 (ATG7); mechanistic target of rapamycin (mTOR); mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK); signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (STAT3); nuclear factor kappa-light-chain-enhancer of activated B cells (NF-KB); insulin growth factor receptor (IGFR); programmed cell death protein 1 (PD-1); cyclooxygenase-2 (COX2); macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF); induced myeloid leukemia cell differentiation protein (MCL-1); non-homologous end-joining (NHEJ); polycystin-1 (PKD); microtubule-associated protein 1A (MAP1)/1B-light chain 3 phosphatidylethanolamine conjugate (LC3-II); cytochrome c oxidase (CcO, complex IV); (sex determining region Y)-box 2 (SOX2); octamer-binding transcription factor 4 (OCT4); urokinase plasminogen activator surface receptor (uPAR); AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK); phosphatidylinositol 4-kinase (PI4K); enhancer of zeste homolog 2 (EZH2); extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK); S-phase kinase protein (Skp2); epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR); fibroblast growth factor receptor (EGFR); proto-oncogene tyrosine-protein kinase Src (c-SRC); rat sarcoma (RAS); high-mobility group protein 1 (HMG-1); receptor for advanced glycation endproducts (RAGE); Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II (CAMKII); isocitrate dehydrogenase 1 (IDH1).