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Table 2 Drugs to mediate ABC transporters

From: The impact of ATP-binding cassette transporters on metabolic diseases

Drug

Target

Effect

Mechanism

Source

Reference

Statins

ABCA1

Reduce

↓PI3-K/Akt/FOXO1

& ↓TLR4/ NF-κB

Synthetic

Chen WM

et al., 2016 [12]

Triptolide

ABCA1

Induce

↑LPS/TLR4/GPS2

Natural

Chen J

et al., 2014 [41]

Cilostazol

ABCA1

Induce

↑LXR/ABCA1/SREBP-1

Synthetic

Jeon BH

et al., 2015 [94]

H2S

ABCA1

Induce

↑PI3-K/Akt/ PPARα

Synthetic

Li D

et al., 2016 [95]

Paeonol

ABCA1

Induce

↓Calpain-related pathway

Natural

Li X

et al., 2015 [96]

Dgn

ABCA1

Induce

↓miR-19b expression

Natural

Lv YC

et al., 2015 [67]

Hydrogen

ABCA1

Induce

 

Synthetic

Song G

et al., 2015 [97]

Metformin

ABCG5& ABCG8

Induce

↑Ldlr ↑AMPK ↓ACLY

Synthetic

Molusky MM

et al., 2018 [98]

CoQ10

ABCG1

Induce

↑Activator protein-1/miR-378/ABCG1

Natural

Wang D

et al., 2014 [99]

Progesterone

ABCA2

Induce

↑mRNA expression

Synthetic& Natural

Davis W

et al., 2018 [47]

  1. Abbreviations: ABC adenosine triphosphate-binding cassette; PI3-K phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase; Akt protein kinase B; FOXO1 forkhead box protein O1; TLR4 Toll-like receptor 4; LPS lipopolysaccharides; GPS2 G protein pathway suppressor 2; LXR liver X receptor; SREBP-1 sterol regulatory element binding protein 1; miR microRNA; H2S hydrogen sulfide; PPARα peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor α; Dgn Diosgenin; Ldlr low density lipoprotein receptor; AMPK AMP-activated protein kinase; ACLY ATP citrate lyase; CoQ10 Coenzyme Q10