Cord Blood Fetuin-B, Fetal Growth Factors and Lipids in Gestational Diabetes Mellitus.

The study is the first to demonstrate that fetuin-B levels are elevated in fetal life in GDM, and that fetuin-B affects lipid metabolic health during fetal life in humans. The secretion of fetuin-B appears to be related to the secretion of insulin-like growth factors (IGF-Ⅰ and IGF-Ⅱ).