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Table 1 List of FDA-approved kinase inhibitors and their drug targets

From: Kinase-targeted cancer therapies: progress, challenges and future directions

Drug target

Protein substrate

Drug

ALK

Tyrosine

Crizotinib, Ceritinib, Alectinib, Brigatinib

BCR–Abl

Tyrosine

Bosutinib, Dasatinib, Imatinib, Nilotinib, Ponatinib

B-Raf

Serine/threonine

Vemurafenib, Dabrafenib

BTK

Tyrosine

Ibrutinib

CDK family

Serine/threonine

Palbociclib, Sorafenib, Ribociclib

c-Met

Tyrosine

Crizotinib, Cabozantinib

EGFR family

Tyrosine

Gefitinib, Erlotinib, Lapatinib, Vandetanib, Afatinib, Osimertinib

JAK family

Tyrosine

Ruxolitinib, Tofacitinib

MEK1/2

Dual specificity

Trametinib

PDGFR α/β

Tyrosine

Axitinib, Gefitinib, Imatinib, Lenvatinib, Nintedanib, Pazopanib, Regorafenib, Sorafenib, Sunitinib

RET

Tyrosine

Vandetanib

Src family

Tyrosine

Bosutinib, Dasatinib, Ponatinib, Vandetanib

VEGFR family

Tyrosine

Axitinib, Lenvatinib, Nintedanib, Regorafenib, Pazopanib, Sorafenib, Sunitinib