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Table 6 Characteristics of IGF–Pca animal studies ordered by study type (transgenic or xenograft models) and year of publication

From: Does milk intake promote prostate cancer initiation or progression via effects on insulin-like growth factors (IGFs)? A systematic review and meta-analysis

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