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Table 2 List of lipid-related drugs

From: How cancer cells remodel lipid metabolism: strategies targeting transcription factors

Target

Drug

Phase of development

Cancer type

Reference

FXR

GW4064

Preclinical

Eesophagus, liver and pancreatic cancer

[106,107,108,109]

Guggulsterone

Preclinical

Liver and pancreatic cancer

[106, 107]

LXR

GW3965

Preclinical

Glioblastoma

[74]

LXR-623

Phase I

Glioblastoma

[110]

SR9243

Preclinical

Colon cancer

[77]

T0901317

Preclinical

Prostate cancer

[75]

PPARα

Fenofibrate

Preclinical

Breast, oral and prostate cancer, Melanoma

[111,112,113,114]

Wy-14,643

Preclinical

Breast, colon, lung and liver cancer

[89, 115]

PPARβ/δ

SR13904

Preclinical

Lung cancer

[117]

GW0742

Preclinical

Melanoma

[118, 119]

PPARγ

Thiazolidinedione

Phase III

Colon, pancreatic, liver and breast cancer, Liposarcoma

[121,122,123,124,125,126]

GW9662

Clinical

Bladder cancer

[128]

SREBPs

Sibilinin

Preclinical

Breast, head and neck, lung, and prostate cancer

[131,132,133,134,135]

Betulin

Preclinical

HCC

[103]

Fatostatin

Preclinical

Glioblastoma, osteosarcoma, breast and prostate cancer

[104, 136, 137]

Compound 24

Preclinical

Glioblastoma

[105]

S1P/S2P

Nelfinavir

Phase II

Glioblastoma, liposarcoma, myeloma, lung, pancreatic, and prostate cancer

[139, 140, 175]

FAS

TVB-2640

Phase II

Lung, ovarian and breast cancer

[141]

C75

Preclinical

Breast, colon, ovarian, and prostate cancer

[142, 144, 145, 176]

Cerulenin

Preclinical

Colon and ovarian cancer

[143, 144]

Orlistat

Approved for anti-obesity

Breast, colon and prostate cancer

[145, 146]

ACC

Soraphen A

Preclinical

Prostate cancer

[147]

ND-646

Preclinical

Lung cancer

[148]

TOFA

Preclinical

Breast, colon, lung, and prostate cancer

[149,150,151]

SCD

A939572

Preclinical

Clear cell renal cell carcinoma, Lung cancer

[152, 153]

CAY10566

Preclinical

Colon and ovarian cancer, glioblastoma, melanoma, HCC

[154,155,156,157]

HMGCR

Statin

Approved

Many cancers

[158,159,160,161,162,163, 165, 166]

Simvastatin

Preclinical

Prostate cancer

[164]

CD36

ABT-510

Phase I

Glioblastoma, melanoma and renal cell carcinoma

[167,168,169]

FABP5

dmrFABP5

Preclinical

Prostate cancer

[172]

SBFI-102 and SBFI-103

Preclinical

Prostate cancer

[173]

EI-05

Preclinical

Breast cancer

[174]

  1. FXR Farnesoid X receptor; SREBP Sterol regulatory element-binding protein; S1P site-1 protease; LXR Liver X receptor; ChREBP Carbohydrate-response element-binding protein; PPARs Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor; FASN Fatty acid synthase; ACC Acetyl-coenzyme A carboxylase; SCD Stearoyl-CoA desaturase; HCC Hepatocellular carcinoma; HMGCR β-Hydroxy β-methylglutaryl-CoA reductase