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Table 3 Small-molecule compounds targeting Wnt/β-catenin cascade to inhibit cancer stem cells

From: Targeting the Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway in cancer

Agents

Target

Phase

Type of cancer

Side effects

References

WNT974

PORCN inhibitor

Phase I

Breast cancer

Not reported

Solzak JP et al. [136]

Niclosamide

Wnt/β-catenin

Phase II

Colorectal cancer

Vomiting, diarrhea, and colitis

Burock S et al. [140]

 

Wnt/β-catenin

Preclinical

Ovarian cancer

Not reported

Lin CK et al. [137]

 

LRP6, β-catenin

Preclinical

Basal-like breast cancer

Not reported

Ye T et al. [139]

ONC201

Wnt/β-catenin

Phase I/ II

Glioblastoma cancer

Not reported

Arrillaga-Romany I et al. [144]

  

Preclinical

Prostate cancer

Not reported

Lev A et al. [143]

XAV939

Tankyrase inhibitor

Preclinical

Colon cancer

Not reported

Wu X et al. [147]

  

Preclinical

Head and neck squamous cell carcinoma

Not reported

Roy S et al. [146]

IWR-1

Tankyrase inhibitor

Preclinical

Osteosarcoma

Not reported

Martins-Neves SR et al. [148]

TFP

Wnt/β-catenin

Preclinical

Lung cancer

Not reported

Yeh CT et al. [118]

AD and Ts

Wnt/β-catenin

Preclinical

Lung cancer

Not reported

Lamture G et al. [165]

Chelerythrine

β-catenin

Preclinical

Non-small cell lung carcinoma

Not reported

Medvetz D et al. [150]

Wnt-C59

PORCN inhibitor

Preclinical

Nasopharyngeal carcinoma

Not reported

Cheng Y et al. [152]

IC-2

Wnt

Preclinical

Hepatocellular carcinoma

Not reported

Seto K et al

  

Preclinical

Colorectal cancer

Not reported

Urushibara S et al

JIB-04

β-catenin

Preclinical

Colorectal cancer

Not reported

Kim M et al. [153]

FH535

Wnt/β-catenin

Preclinical

Pancreatic cancer

Not reported

Razak S et al. [155]

Docetaxel and sulforaphane

β-catenin

Preclinical

Breast cancer

Not reported

de Bessa Garcia SA et al. [157]

Pyrvinium pamoate

β-catenin

Preclinical

Breast cancer

Not reported

Xu L et al. [158]

SKL2001

Axin/β-catenin

Preclinical

Mesenchymal stem cell

Not reported

Jiwon Choi et al. [159]