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Table 2 Therapeutic suggestions using the Connectivity Map

From: Transcriptomics profiling study of breast cancer from Kingdom of Saudi Arabia revealed altered expression of Adiponectin and Fatty Acid Binding Protein4: Is lipid metabolism associated with breast cancer?

Pharmaceutical perturbagen

Connectivity score

Description

Hydrocortisone

-0.97

Alimentary tract and metabolism (Aid in fat, protein and carbohydrate metabolism)

Fulvestrant *

-0.952

Estrogen receptor antagonist

Gliclazide

-0.934

Potent antiatherogenic effect in type 2 diabetes

Deoxycortone

-0.917

Corticosteroids for systemic use

Sirolimus

-0.909

Antineoplastic and immunomodulating agents

Glimepiride

-0.905

Sulfonylurea anti-diabetic drug

Repaglinide

-0.895

Treatment of type II diabetes

Methotrexate *

-0.89

Treatment of a number of cancers including breast

Letrozole *

-0.882

Non-steroidal aromatase inhibitor for the treatment of hormonally-responsive breast cancer after surgery

Glipizide

-0.878

Anti-diabetic drug from the sulfonylurea class

Doxorubicin *

-0.868

Treatment of a number of cancers including breast

Glibenclamide

-0.867

Antidiabetic drug in a class of medications known as sulfonylureas

Tamoxifen *

-0.759

Antagonist of the estrogen receptor in breast tissue

  1. Results of cmap for compounds with expression signatures opposite those of loaded gene expression levels for breast cancer.
  2. * Approved by the FDA for breast cancer