IGF1 and type 2 diabetes mellitus: In fact, milk-induced insulin, IGF-1, and MEX miR-148a-3p/miR-21-5p-mediated signaling pathways have recently been linked to the pathogenesis of T2D [7•, 193, 194••, 195, 196] relating milk consumption to the pathogenesis of both T2D and BCa.