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. 2023 Mar 2;8:98. doi: 10.1038/s41392-023-01333-7

Table 6.

Potential epigenetic drugs for the treatment of metabolic disease

Drugs Target gene Diseases References
DNMTi
hydralazine Nrf2 diabetic nephropathy 378
procainamide PDX1 diabetes 381
decitabine PPARγ diabetes 382
5-aza-2’-deoxycytidine PPARγ1 obesity 383
5-aza-2’-deoxycytidine PPAR-α NAFLD 384
5-aza-2’-deoxycytidine OPN, RUNX2 diabetic osteoporosis 385
HDACi
VPA STAT5 T1D 387
VPA RUNX2 osteoporosis 388
vorinostat OPG diabetes 389
vorinostat EGFR diabetic nephropathy 390,391
SAHA Zfp719 obesity 392
SAHA insulin receptor β, Akt, and FoxO1 osteoporosis 393
Givinostat Gata3, FOXP3, IL-6, IL-12, TNF-α diabetes 397
Givinostat IL-1β, IL-6 and TNF-α diabetes 398
Givinostat IL-6, IL-1β, TNF-α nonalcoholic steatohepatitis 399
Dacinostat UCP1, Ppargc1α obesity 400
TSA AMPK obesity 401
Puerarin HDAC1/HDAC3 diabetic osteoporosis 403
HATi
Curcumin FOXO1 DCM 405
Curcumin HSP-27, p38 DN 406
C66 CTGF, PAI-1 and FN-1 DN 407
C646 IRS1/2 diabetes, obesity 408
STAC
resveratrol SIRT1, NF-kB-p65 cardiac oxidative stress in diabetes 409
resveratrol SIRT1, PGC-1α Obesity, diabetic cardiomyopathy 410,411
resveratrol SIRT1, FOXO3a DN 412
resveratrol SIRT1, FOXO 1 osteoporosis 413
HPE SIRT1, NF-kB, p53 DN 414
ASO
IONIS-GCGRRx GCGR T2D 416
Vupanorsen ANGPTL3 hepatic steatosis, diabetes 417