Drug discovery and development are often hampered by lack of target identification and clinical tractability. Repurposing of approved drugs to life-threatening diseases such as leukemia is emerging as a promising alternative approach. Connectivity mapping systems link approved drugs with disease-related gene signatures. Relevant preclinical models provide essential tools for system validation and proof-of-concept studies. Herein we describe procedures aimed at generating disease-based gene signatures and applying them to established cross-referencing databases of potential candidate drugs. As a proof of principle, we present the identification of Entinostat as a candidate drug for the treatment of HOX-TALE-related leukemia.
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Kettyle, L. M. J., Liberante, F. G., & Thompson, A. (2014). Rational drug repurposing using sscMap analysis in a HOX-TALE model of leukemia. Methods in Molecular Biology, 1196, 349–370. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-1242-1_21
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