Table 2 Summary of the most relevant drugs identified in the drug repurposing analysis.

From: Unraveling the molecular landscape of Erdheim–Chester disease: new insights from methylome and transcriptome integration

Associated gene

Target

Drug

Type

Current indication

NAPRT

PNP

Cladribine

Small Molecule

Chronic lymphocytic leukemia, Cutaneous T-cell lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, Relapsing multiple sclerosis, Hairy cell leukemia

LRRC14

CHUK, IKBKB

Sulfasalazine

Small Molecule

Rheumatoid arthritis, Crohn’s disease, Ulcerative colitis, Proctitis, Polyarticular juvenile rheumatoid arthritis

LRRC14

IKBKB

Auranofin

Small Molecule

Rheumatoid arthritis

LRRC14, TGFB1

IKBKB, TGFBR1, TGFBR2

Fostamatinib

Small Molecule

Chronic immune thrombocytopenia