Tumors are the foremost cause of death worldwide. As a result of that, there has been a significant enhancement in the investigation, treatment methods, and good maintenance practices on
cancer. However, the sensitivity and specificity of a lot of
tumor biomarkers are not adequate. Hence, it is of inordinate significance to ascertain novel
biomarkers to forecast the prognosis and
therapy targets for
tumors. This review characterized LSD1 as a
biomarker in different
tumors. LSD1 inhibitors in clinical trials were also discussed. The recent pattern advocates that LSD1 is engaged at sauce
chromatin zones linking with complexes of multi-
protein having an exact
DNA-binding
transcription factor, establishing LSD1 as a favorable epigenetic target, and also gives a large selection of therapeutic targets to treat different
tumors. This review sturdily backing the oncogenic probable of LSD1 in different
tumors indicated that LSD1 levels can be used to monitor and identify different
tumors and can be a useful
biomarker of progression and fair diagnosis in
tumor patients. The clinical trials showed that inhibitors of LSD1 have growing evidence of clinical efficacy which is very encouraging and promising. However, for some of the inhibitors such as
GSK2879552, though selective, potent, and effective, its disease control was poor as the rate of adverse events (AEs) was high in
tumor patients causing clinical trial termination, and continuation could not be supported by the risk-benefit profile. Therefore, we propose that, to attain excellent clinical results of inhibitors of LSD1, much attention is required in designing appropriate dosing regimens, developing in-depth in vitro/in vivo mechanistic works of LSD1 inhibitors, and developing inhibitors of LSD1 that are reversible, safe, potent, and selective which may offer safer profiles.