Fetal growth regulation via insulin-like growth factor axis in normal and diabetic pregnancy.

Elena N Alekseenkova Sergey A Selkov Roman V Kapustin

Published in: Journal of perinatal medicine (2022)

Research on the IGF axis should take gestational age of sampling, presence of DM, and insulin administration into account. Maternal 1st trimester IGF-I level might become a predictor for macrosomia development in diabetic pregnancy.

Keyphrases

gestational age
preterm birth
birth weight
type diabetes
pregnancy outcomes
growth hormone
wound healing
glycemic control
pi k akt
binding protein
pregnant women
weight gain
signaling pathway
adipose tissue
insulin resistance
body mass index
skeletal muscle