Table 1 Recent patent applications related to histone lysine demethylases

From: Recent patents related to histone demethylases

Publication numbers

Applicants

Subject

WO 2013033688

Brigham And Women's Hospital

Inhibitors of LSD1 and/or LSD2 — including statins — and methods of using them to treat cancer

WO 2012150042 EP 2592154

Cellzome; GlaxoSmithKline

Methods for the identification of molecules that interact with histone demethylase and for the purification of histone demethylase proteins

WO 2013143597

GlaxoSmithKline

Demethylase enzyme inhibitors that are useful for changing the epigenetic status of cells

WO 2012052390

GlaxoSmithKline

N-2-(2-pyridinyl)-4-pyrimidinyl-beta-alanine derivatives as inhibitors of the histone demethylase JMJD3

US 2012202875

GlaxoSmithKline

Methods for treating autoimmune and inflammatory conditions by modifying histone demethylation

CA 2831143

GlaxoSmithKline

The use of cyclopropylamine derivatives for inhibiting the activity of LSD1; useful for treating cancer

US 2013210888

Harvard College

Histone demethylation mediated by the nuclear amine oxidase homologue LSD1 and a method of monitoring eukaryotic histone demethylase activity based on this

WO 2012047852

J. David Gladstone Institute

Methods of modulating HIV transcription involving modulation of enzymatic activity, levels of LSD1 polypeptide and/or LSD1-mediated demethylation of methylated HIV Tat polypeptide

WO 2012034116

Johns Hopkins University

Small-molecule inhibitors that act as epigenetic modulators of LSD1 and methods of using them to treat cancer

US 2012322877

Johns Hopkins University

Novel bisurea and bisthiourea compounds that are inhibitors of LSD1; useful for treating disorders such as cancer

US 2013197088

Johns Hopkins University; Progen Pharma

Combinations of a histone demethylase inhibitor and an ornithine decarboxylase inhibitor that are able to re-express certain silenced genes; useful for treating cancer

US 2012108648

Kumamoto University

LSD1 inhibitors as novel agents that improve mitochondrial function, and an agent that induces PGC1α expression; useful for treating cranial nerve disease, myopathy and heart disease

WO 2012071469

Nevada Cancer Institute et al.

Histone demethylase inhibitors that can be used to treat cancer

US 2013095067

Oryzon Genomics

Lysine demethylase inhibitors that are useful for treating disorders associated with Hepadnaviridae infection; they modulate the ability of viruses to use the host cell machinery and reduce replication

WO 2012156537

Oryzon Genomics

An LSD1 inhibitor that can be used to treat thrombosis, thrombus formation or cardiovascular disease

WO 2012156531

Oryzon Genomics

An LSD1 inhibitor that can be used to treat inflammation and inflammatory diseases

WO 2012107499

Oryzon Genomics

An LSD1 inhibitor that can be used for treating myeloproliferative and lymphoproliferative disorders

WO 2012107498

Oryzon Genomics

An LSD1 inhibitor; useful for treating Philadelphia chromosome-negative myeloproliferative disorders

WO 2012072713

Oryzon Genomics

An LSD1 inhibitor that can be used for treating Flaviviridae infections, including hepatitis C virus infection

WO 2013022047

Takeda

A cyclopropane-amine compound that inhibits LSD1; useful for treating cancer and CNS diseases

US 2013137720

University of Colorado

A methyl-lysine mimic and an α-ketoglutarate mimic that are attached through a linker; the compound acts as a histone demethylase inhibitor

US 2012142784

University of Freiburg et al.

LSD1 as a novel biomarker for breast cancer, and its use for the diagnosis of breast cancer; a method of determining the amount of LSD1 protein and the effect of LSD1 inhibitors on cancer cells

CN 102985402

University of Rome et al.

Tranylcypromine derivatives as inhibitors of LSD1 and/or LSD2; useful for treating tumours and viral infections

WO 2013025805

University of Utah

Substituted (E)-N′-(1-phenylethylidene)benzohydrazide analogues that inhibit LSD1

US 2013123344

National Institutes of Health

A method of preventing or treating viral infection using compounds that inhibit JMJD2 proteins

CN 103054869

Zhengzhou University

An amino dithio formic ester compound with triazolyl that inhibits LSD1 and can be used as a lead compound for a novel antitumour agent

  1. CNS, central nervous system; JMJD, Jumonji domain-containing protein; LSD1, lysine-specific demethylase 1; PGC1α, peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-γ, co-activator 1α.
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