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Table 5 Drugs targeting validated KDTs with the potential to revert RP effects, highlighting functionally studied promising drug repositioning candidates

From: The mechanistic functional landscape of retinitis pigmentosa: a machine learning-driven approach to therapeutic target discovery

Gene

Drug name

DrugBank ID

Pharmacological action

ALOX5 (240)

Sulfasalazine

DB00795

Inhibitor

ALOX5 (240)

Diethylcarbamazine

DB00711

Inhibitor

ALOX5 (240)

Mesalazine

DB00244

Inhibitor

ALOX5 (240)

Balsalazide

DB01014

Inhibitor

ALOX5 (240)

Masoprocola

DB00179

Inhibitor

ALOX5 (240)

Meclofenamic acid

DB00939

Inhibitor

ELOVL4 (6785)

Omega-3-carboxylic acids

DB09568

Potentiator

GABRA1 (2554)

Methohexital

DB00474

Antagonist

GABRA1 (2554)

Flumazenil

DB01205

Antagonist

GLRA2 (2742)

Taurine

DB01956

Agonist

GRIN1 (2902)

Orphenadrine

DB01173

Antagonist

SLC12A5 (57468)

Bumetanide

DB00887

Inhibitor

  1. aMasoprocol was withdrawn from the U.S. market in June 1996