Table 4.
List of PNET mouse models
Genetic modification | Phenotype | Incidence | Tumor latency | References |
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RIP-Tag | Insulinoma | 100% | 12 to 16 weeks | (46) |
RIP-Tag; RIP-tva | Insulinoma | 100% | 12 to 16 weeks | (47,48) |
Men1 knockout and conditional knockout | PNETs and, less frequently, pituitary adenomas, and parathyroid adenomas | 5 to 13 months | (49) | |
pINS-c-MycERTAM | complete ablation of β cells | 100% | 6~10 days | (50) |
pINS-c-MycERTAM; RIP7-Bcl-xL | Insulinoma | 100% | within 2 weeks | (50) |
LSL-MYCN; hGFAP-Cre | PNETs and, less frequently, pituitary gland malignancies | 59% | 6 to 11 months | (51) |
Ren-Cre; p53loxP/loxP; RbloxP/loxP | glucagonomas with metastases | 100% | ~4 months | (52) |
RIP-rtTA, tet-o-PyMT-IRES-Luciferase | p-cell hyperplasia when on doxycycline | 100% | No tumors | (53) |