Name

Receptors

Clinical use

ATRA

pan-RAR

APL, Acne

9-cis RA

pan-RAR, pan-RXR

Kaposi sarcoma

13-cis RA

-

Acne

Etretinate

-

Psoriasis

Acitretin

pan-RAR

Psoriasis

Tamibarotene

RARα/β»γ

APL

Tazarotene

RARβ/γ»α

Acne

Targretin

pan-RXR

Cutaneus T lymphoma

Table 1: Categorization of Retinoids