Table 4

Predicted candidate drugs for each prognostic group according to CMap

Drug classCultured cell lines tested (n)Mean normalized connectivity scores (95% CI)P value*Prognostic group candidate for this drug class
Adrenergic receptor agonist820.40 (0.16 to 0.63)1.11E−03 Good-prognosis group
Acetylcholine receptor antagonist750.31 (0.06 to 0.56)1.70E−02 Good-prognosis group
Dopamine receptor antagonist203−0.24 (−0.40 to 0.08)3.61E−03 Poor-prognosis group
DNA inhibitor103−0.31 (−0.55 to 0.07)1.12E−02 Poor-prognosis group
Retinoid receptor agonist76−0.35 (−0.62 to 0.08)1.26E−02 Poor-prognosis group
Bcr-Abl inhibitor92−0.37 (−0.62 to 0.11)5.53E−03 Poor-prognosis group
Aurora kinase inhibitor90−0.42 (−0.69 to 0.15)2.65E−03 Poor-prognosis group
Calcium channel blocker104−0.42 (−0.64 to 0.21)1.99E−04 Poor-prognosis group
Abl inhibitor108−0.49 (−0.72 to 0.26)5.11E−05 Poor-prognosis group
NFKB inhibitor72−0.52 (−0.76 to 0.27)7.51E−05 Poor-prognosis group
JAK inhibitor79−0.52 (−0.79 to 0.24)3.35E−04 Poor-prognosis group
Glucocorticoid receptor agonist102−0.53 (−0.73 to 0.33)1.11E−06 Poor-prognosis group
FLT3 inhibitor103−0.56 (−0.80 to 0.32)8.98E−06 Poor-prognosis group
PDGFR inhibitor134−0.58 (−0.78 to 0.39)1.26E−08 Poor-prognosis group
KIT inhibitor96−0.63 (−0.87 to 0.39)7.22E−07 Poor-prognosis group
Src inhibitor76−0.65 (−0.91 to 0.39)4.28E−06 Poor-prognosis group
RAF inhibitor58−0.65 (−0.95 to 0.35)6.01E−05 Poor-prognosis group
MEK inhibitor88−0.66 (−0.91 to 0.41)1.14E−06 Poor-prognosis group
PI3K inhibitor182−0.67 (−0.84 to 0.50)7.61E−13 Poor-prognosis group
IKK inhibitor55−0.67 (−0.97 to 0.36)4.96E−05 Poor-prognosis group
Tyrosine kinase inhibitor63−0.70 (−0.97 to 0.42)3.59E−06 Poor-prognosis group
ATPase inhibitor81−0.71 (−0.93 to 0.50)2.41E−09 Poor-prognosis group
VEGFR inhibitor196−0.73 (−0.88 to 0.58)3.05E−18 Poor-prognosis group
EGFR inhibitor381−0.77 (−0.87 to 0.66)1.15E−37 Poor-prognosis group
FGFR inhibitor58−0.77 (−1.04 to 0.50)4.86E−07 Poor-prognosis group
MTOR inhibitor131−0.81 (−1.00 to 0.63)1.37E−14 Poor-prognosis group
Topoisomerase inhibitor136−0.89 (−1.06 to 0.72)7.29E−19 Poor-prognosis group
AKT inhibitor60−0.99 (−1.20 to 0.78)1.84E−13 Poor-prognosis group
CDK inhibitor129−1.09 (−1.24 to 0.94)5.76E−28 Poor-prognosis group
HDAC inhibitor148−1.19 (−1.27 to 1.11)5.63E−62 Poor-prognosis group
  • *One sample Student’s t-test.

  • AKT, protein kinase B; CDK, cyclin-dependant kinase; EGFR, epidermal growth factor receptor; HDAC, histone deacetylase; MTOR, mechanistic target of rapamycin kinase; VEGFR, vascular endothelial growth factor receptor.