Known targets — ChEMBL curated mechanism
The experimentally established mechanism targets of Imatinib. The predicted profile below is derived independently by chemical similarity — agreement is a validation signal, a miss is honest.
Predicted protein targets (top 20)
| gene | UniProt | supporting neighbours | confidence | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ▸ | ABL1 known ✓ | P00519 | 20/20 | 1.00 |
| ▸ | BCR known ✓ | P11274 | 14/20 | 1.00 |
| ▸ | KIT known ✓ | P10721 | 12/20 | 1.00 |
| ▸ | PDGFRB known ✓ | P09619 | 2/20 | 0.94 |
| ▸ | PDGFRA | P16234 | 3/20 | 1.00 |
| ▸ | RAD52 | P43351 | 1/20 | 1.00 |
| ▸ | ABL2 | P42684 | 7/20 | 0.94 |
| ▸ | LYN | P07948 | 3/20 | 0.94 |
| ▸ | SRC | P12931 | 2/20 | 0.94 |
| ▸ | SYK | P43405 | 2/20 | 0.94 |
| ▸ | PLK4 | O00444 | 1/20 | 0.94 |
| ▸ | DDX3X | O00571 | 1/20 | 0.94 |
| ▸ | GAK | O14976 | 1/20 | 0.94 |
| ▸ | SLC22A2 | O15244 | 1/20 | 0.94 |
| ▸ | MAPK13 | O15264 | 1/20 | 0.94 |
| ▸ | CA12 | O43570 | 1/20 | 0.94 |
| ▸ | SLC22A3 | O75751 | 1/20 | 0.94 |
| ▸ | ABCB11 | O95342 | 1/20 | 0.94 |
| ▸ | EGFR | P00533 | 1/20 | 0.94 |
| ▸ | CA1 | P00915 | 1/20 | 0.94 |
Click a target to see other patent compounds predicted against it — the reverse direction, in place.
Similar compounds — the chemically nearest patent molecules
Nearest neighbours by Morgan-fingerprint cosine across the patent-compound collection, with each neighbour's top predicted target and the predicted targets it shares with this molecule.
| Compound | similarity | top predicted | shared targets | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Imatinib SCHEMBL29377238 | 1.00 | ABL1 (1.00) | ABL1BCRKITPDGFRARAD52 | |
| Imatinib SCHEMBL726190 | 1.00 | ABL1 (1.00) | ABL1BCRKITPDGFRARAD52 | |
| Imatinib SCHEMBL1060852 | 1.00 | ABL1 (1.00) | ABL1BCRKITPDGFRARAD52 | |
| Imatinib SCHEMBL1673189 | 1.00 | ABL1 (1.00) | ABL1BCRKITPDGFRARAD52 | |
| Imatinib SCHEMBL15632914 | 1.00 | ABL1 (1.00) | ABL1BCRKITPDGFRARAD52 | |
| Imatinib SCHEMBL29370699 | 1.00 | ABL1 (1.00) | ABL1BCRKITPDGFRARAD52 | |
| Imatinib SCHEMBL1439360 | 0.99 | ABL1 (0.99) | ABL1BCRKITPDGFRARAD52 | |
| Imatinib SCHEMBL1440465 | 0.99 | ABL1 (0.99) | ABL1BCRKITPDGFRARAD52 | |
| Imatinib SCHEMBL5004429 | 0.99 | ABL1 (0.97) | ABL1BCRKITPDGFRARAD52 | |
| SCHEMBL3859559 | 0.97 | ABL1 (0.94) | ABL1BCRKITPDGFRARAD52 |
Similarity is cosine over the 2,048-bit Morgan fingerprint (≈ Tanimoto). Identical fingerprints score 1.00.
Patent provenance — the patents this molecule appears in, and who filed them
Appears in 75068 patents — a generic fragment claimed broadly, so it's down-weighted as IP noise. Top by claim status then date:
| Patent | Title | Assignee | Published | Priority | Filing | Country | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US-20260144750-A1 | Dosing Regimens for Treatment of Glioblastoma | SIGNPATH PHARMA INC. (US) | 2026-05-28 | — | — | US | claimed |
| US-20260139321-A1 | METHODS FOR SEQUENCING SAMPLES | AQTUAL INC (US) | 2026-05-21 | — | — | US | claimed |
| WO-2026107113-A1 | MODIFIED CELLS FOR PROGRAMMING EXTRA ENVELOPED VIRUSES (EEVs) AND THEIR USE FOR PRODUCING THE EEVs, THE PROGRAMMED EEVs AND USES THEREOF | CALIDI BIOTHERAPEUTICS (NEVADA), INC. (US) | 2026-05-21 | — | — | WO | claimed |
| EP-4743490-A1 | HUMANIZED ANTI-CD7 ANTIBODY | Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel (DE) | 2026-05-20 | — | — | EP | claimed |
| EP-4745155-A1 | POWDER CONTAINING PARTICLES OF GELATIN DERIVATIVE AND APPLICATION OF SAME IN MEDICAL TREATMENT | National Institute for Materials Science (JP) | 2026-05-20 | — | — | EP | claimed |
| US-12630593-B2 | Method of killing leukemia cells by administration of recombinant'Y3 proteins | UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INCORPORATED (US) | 2026-05-19 | — | — | US | claimed |
| CN-122056884-A | Methods of treating pancreatic cancer | 坎莫森特里克斯公司 | 2026-05-19 | — | — | CN | claimed |
| WO-2026099502-A1 | NOVEL DRUG CONJUGATES FOR TESTING CELLULAR DRUG UPTAKE | Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum Stiftung des öffentlichen Rechts (DE) | 2026-05-15 | — | — | WO | claimed |
| US-20260132141-A1 | PROTEIN PHOSPHATASE 2A ACTIVATORS | UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INCORPORATED (US) | 2026-05-14 | — | — | US | claimed |
| US-20260116861-A1 | ISOXAZOLE HYDROXAMIC ACIDS AS HISTONE DEACETYLASE 6 INHIBITORS | THE GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY, A CONGRESSIONALLY CHARTERED NOT-FOR-PROFIT CORPORATION (US) | 2026-04-30 | — | — | US | claimed |
| WO-2003011808-A1 | RETINOID DERIVATIVES WITH ANTIANGIOGENIC, ANTITUMORAL AND PROAPOPTOTIC ACTIVITIES | SIGMA-TAU INDUSTRIE FARMACEUTICHE RIUNITE S.P.A. (IT) | 2003-02-13 | — | — | WO | claimed |
| US-20020198216-A1 | Novel farnesyl protein transferase inhibitors as antitumor agents | PHARMACOPEIA DRUG DISCOVERY | 2002-12-26 | — | — | US | claimed |
| WO-2002100826-A2 | SUBSTITUTED 3-ARYL-5-ARYL-[1,2,4]-OXADIAZOLES AND ANALOGS | CYTOVIA, INC. (US) | 2002-12-19 | — | — | WO | claimed |
| WO-2002098425-A1 | SUBSTITUTED 4-ARYL-3-(3-ARYL-1-OXO-2-PROPENYL)-2(1H)-QUINOLINONES AND ANALOGS AS ACTIVATORS OF CASPASES AND INDUCERS OF APOPTOSIS AND THE USE THEREOF | CYTOVIA, INC. (US) | 2002-12-12 | — | — | WO | claimed |
| WO-2002098420-A1 | 4-SUBSTITUTED-1-(ARYLMETHYLIDENE)THIOSEMICARBAZIDE, 4-SUBSTITUTED-1-(ARYLCARBONYL)THIOSEMICARBAZIDE AND ANALOGS AS ACTIVATORS OF CASPASES AND INDUCERS OF APOPTOSIS AND THE USE THEREOF | CYTOVIA, INC. (US) | 2002-12-12 | — | — | WO | claimed |
| US-20020156023-A1 | Lometrexol combination therapy | TULARIK INC. | 2002-10-24 | — | — | US | claimed |
| WO-2002080708-A2 | A SMOKER'S REQUISITE | ENSLIN GEORGE FREDERICK (ZA) | 2002-10-17 | — | — | WO | claimed |
| US-20020147197-A1 | Methods and compositions for enhancing pharmaceutical treatments | TAIJI BIOMEDICAL, INC. | 2002-10-10 | — | — | US | claimed |
| WO-2002045717-A1 | LOMETREXOL COMBINATION THERAPY | TULARIK INC. (US) | 2002-06-13 | — | — | WO | claimed |
| WO-2002018368-A1 | TRICYCLIC ANTITUMOR COMPOUNDS BEING FARNESYL PROTEIN TRANSFERASE INHIBITORS | SCHERING CORPORATION (US) | 2002-03-07 | — | — | WO | claimed |