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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Endocr Relat Cancer. 2017 Oct;24(10):T119–T134. doi: 10.1530/ERC-17-0199

Table 4.

Prevalence of MEN1-associated tumors in Men1+/− mouse models compared to human MEN1

Human
(age 40)
Mouse models (age >12 months)
Crabtree,
2001
Bertolino,
2003
Loffler,
2007
Harding
2009
Parathyroid 90% 24% 47% 9% 85%
Pancreas
Gastrinoma 40% -- 15% -- --
Insulinoma 10% 83% 88% 82% 60%
Pituitary
Prolactinoma 20% 26% 12% 10% --
Prolactin + GH secreting 5% -- -- -- 32%
GH secreting 5% -- 7% -- --
ACTH secreting 2% -- -- -- 3%
Adrenal
Cortex NF 25% 20% 35% 10% 10%
Pheochromocytoma -- 7% -- -- 1%
Gonads
Testis -- 22% 88% 47% 60%
(Leydig cell in male)
Ovary -- 31% 8% -- 40%
(Sex-cord stromal in female)

NF = Non-functioning, GH = growth hormone, ACTH = adrenocorticotropic hormone