Placental ghrelin and leptin expression and cord blood ghrelin, adiponectin, leptin, and C-peptide levels in severe maternal obesity.
Marianne AllbrandJan ÅmanMaria LodefalkPublished in: The journal of maternal-fetal & neonatal medicine : the official journal of the European Association of Perinatal Medicine, the Federation of Asia and Oceania Perinatal Societies, the International Society of Perinatal Obstetricians (2017)
Placental ghrelin and leptin expression as well as cord blood ghrelin and adiponectin levels do not seem to be altered in severe maternal obesity. Placenta-derived ghrelin may influence the infants' postnatal weight gain, but possibly only when the mother has normal weight.
Keyphrases
- weight gain
- cord blood
- birth weight
- body mass index
- metabolic syndrome
- insulin resistance
- weight loss
- poor prognosis
- growth hormone
- type diabetes
- early onset
- adipose tissue
- preterm infants
- skeletal muscle
- pregnancy outcomes
- drug induced
- pregnant women
- high fat diet induced
- physical activity
- long non coding rna
- body weight