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Review
Volume 8, Number 4, April 2016, pages 284-296
Signaling Pathways in Thyroid Cancer and Their Therapeutic Implications
Table
| Drug | Targets | Cancer type | Phase of clinical trials | FDA approved | References | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DTC: differentiated thyroid carcinoma; PTC: papillary thyroid cancer; MTC: medullary thyroid carcinoma; ATC: anapestic thyroid carcinoma; BRAF: B sereine/threonin kinase; VEGFR: vascular endothelial growth factor receptor; PDGFR: platelet-derived growth factor receptor; KIT: stem cell factor receptor; RET: rearranged during transfection; MEK1/2: mitogen-activated protein kinase1/2; FLT3: fms-like tyrosine kinase 3; CSF-1R: colony stimulating factor-1 receptor; EGFR: epidermal growth factor receptor; VE-cadherin: vascular endothelial cadherin; -: not FDA approved for thyroid cancer. | |||||
| Vemurafenib | BRAF | DTC | Phase I-II | - | [40] | 
| AZD 6244 (ARRY-142886, selumetinib) | MEK1/2 | DTC | Phase I-II | - | [42, 43, 65, 66] | 
| Sorafeib (BAY43-9006) | VEGFR1-3, PDGFRβ, KIT, RET, BRAF, CRAF, FLT3 | DTC, MTC, ATC | Phase I-III | DTC | [43-49, 60, 67] | 
| Pazopanib | VEGFR1-3, PDGFR, KIT | DTC, ATC | Phase I-II | - | [50, 51, 68, 69] | 
| Axitinib (AG-013736) | VEGFR1-3, PDGFRβ, KIT | DTC, MTC, ATC | Phase I-II | - | [52, 70, 71] | 
| Sunitinib (Su11248) | VEGFR1-3, PDGFR, KIT, RET, FLT3, CSF-1R | DTC, MTC | Phase I-II | - | [53-57] | 
| Motesanib (AMG-706) | VEGFR1-3, PDGFR, KIT, RET | DTC, MTC | Phase I-II | - | [58, 59, 72] | 
| Temsirolimus | PI3K/Akt/mTOR | MTC | Phase I | - | [61] | 
| Everolimus (RAD001) | PI3K/Akt/mTOR | PTC, MTC | Phase I-II | - | [62, 63, 73] | 
| Bortezomib | Proteasome | ? | Phase I-II | - | [64, 74, 75] | 
| Gefitinib (ZD1839) | EGFR | DTC, MTC, ATC | Phase I-II | - | [76, 77] | 
| Vandetanib (ZD6474) | VEGFR2-3, RET, EGFR | DTC, MTC | Phase I-III | MTC | [78-80] | 
| Cabozantinib (XL-184) | VEGFR2, RET, MET, KIT | DTC, MTC | Phase I-III | MTC | [81-83] | 
| Cediranib | VEGFR | DTC | Phase I | - | [84] | 
| Trametinib (GSK1120212) | MEK1/2 | DTC | Phase I | - | [85] | 
| Dabrafenib (GSK2118436) | BRAF | PTC | Phase I-II | - | [86, 87] | 
| Lenvatinib (E7080) | VEGFR1-3, PDGFR, KIT, FGFR | DTC, MTC | Phase I-II | - | [88] | 
| Imatinib (ST1571) | PDGFRα, PDGFRβ, KIT, RET | MTC, ATC | Phase I-II | - | [89, 90] | 
| Combretestatin | Angiogenesis | MTC, ATC | Phase I | - | [91] | 
| PLX-4032 (RG7204) | BRAF | DTC | Phase I | - | [92] | 
| Fosbretabulin | VE-cadherin | ATC | Phase I-II | - | [93] |