Table 6 Characteristics of IGF–Pca animal studies ordered by study type (transgenic or xenograft models) and year of publication
Author (year) | Model | Experimental | Control | n (exp:control) | Outcome | Follow-up | Effects estimate | Overall risk of bias |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Animal studies | ||||||||
Silha (2006) | Transgenic mice, where experimental over-express IGFBP3 | LPB Tag /PGKBP-3; LPB Tag/CMVBP-3 | LPB Tag/WT | 231 | Tumor weight | 21 weeks | p < 0.001 tumors smaller in experimental | Unclear |
Sutherland (2008) | Transgenic IGFR knockout mice | IGFR KO (Cre/loxP) IGFR titrated (Cre/wt) | IGF-IR intact (loxP/loxP; loxP/WT) | 66 | Tumor weight | 12 weeks | IGFR intact vs IGFR titrated p = 0.02 | Unclear |
Anzo (2008) | Transgenic TRAMP mice, targeted deletion of Igf1 | LID-TRAMP mice, where LID have deleted Igf1 gene and low levels of IGF-I | L/L-TRAMP mice | 45 (25;20) | Tumor progression (Lymph node metastasis) | 36 weeks | p = 0.93 (% mice with metastasis) | Unclear |
Mehta (2011) | Transgenic (knockout) mice deficient in IGFBP3 | IGFBP-3KO:Myc | WT:Myc | NS | Tumor progression; lung metastasis | 80 weeks | p < 0.05 (% mice with metastasis), higher for experimental | Unclear |
Goya (2004) | Xenograft of human cell line and human adult bone in NOD/SCID mice | Antibody against IGF-I and IGF-II (KMI468) | Control antibody (KMI762) | NS | Bone tumor area | 4 weeks | p < 0.001 tumors smaller in experimental | Unclear |
Wu (2005) | Human cell line-derived xenograft in nude mice | Antibody A12- anti IGF-IR | Saline solution | NS | Tumor volume | 5 weeks | p < 0.05 tumors smaller in experimental | Unclear |
Ingermann (2010) | Human cell line-derived xenograft in nude mice | IGFBP3R binds to IGFBP3 | PBS solution | NS | Tumor volume | 16 days | Control: 302 ± 54.5 mm3 Exp.193 ± 28.6 mm3 | Unclear |
Kimura (2010) | Xenograft of human cell line and human adult bone in NOD/SCID mice | Antibody against IGF2 (M610) | Control antibody (M102.4) | 24 (16; 8) | Bone tumor area | 4 weeks | Control: 2.2 ± 0.9 mm2 Exp.: 0.8 ± 1.2 mm2 p = 0.01 | Unclear |
Supporting evidence | ||||||||
DiGiovanni (2000) | Transgenic mice BK5.IGF- mice, over expression of IGF-1 | BK5.IGF-1 transgenic mice | Non-transgenic mice | NS | Hallmarks of cancer | Various | Supporting evidence only | Unclear |
Fu (2008) | Transgenic | C57/B6 mice | N/A | NS | LOI in IGF-2 | NS | Supporting evidence only | Unclear |