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Table 2 Approved small-molecule inhibitors of epigenetic enzymes for cancer treatments

From: Improving cancer immunotherapy by rationally combining oncolytic virus with modulators targeting key signaling pathways

Name

Targeta

Cancer types

Approval time

Azacitabine

DNMT

Acute myeloid leukemia (AML); Chronic myelomonocytic leukemia (CMML); Myelodysplastic syndromes (MS)

2004

Decitabine

DNMT

AML; CMML; MS

2006

Vorinostat

HDAC

Cutaneous manifestations of cutaneous T-cell lymphoma (CTCL)

2006

Romidepsin

HDAC

CTCL

2009

Belinostat

HDAC

Relapsed or refractory peripheral T-cell lymphoma (PTCL)

2014

Panobinostat

HDAC

Multiple myeloma (MM)

2015

Chidamide

HDAC

Relapsed/refractory PTCL

2015

Enasidenib

IDH2

Relapsed or refractory AML

2017

Ivosidenib

IDH1

Relapsed or refractory AML

2018

Tazemetostat

EZH2

Epithelioid sarcoma and relapsed or refractory follicular lymphoma

2020

  1. aAbbreviations are: DNMT DNA methyltransferase, HDAC histone deacetylase, IDH1 and IDH2 isocitrate dehydrogenase 1 and 2, EZH2 enhancer of zeste homolog 2