Placental growth hormone, fetal growth and the IGF axis in normal and diabetic pregnancy

Current Diabetes Reviews

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 185-189

  McIntyre, H D ^a,b   Zeck, W ^b,c   Russell, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Diabetes; Fetal growth; Insulin resistance; Insulin like growth factor 1; Placental growth hormone; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ADIPOCYTOKINE; GHRELIN; GROWTH HORMONE; GROWTH HORMONE BINDING PROTEIN; HYDROCORTISONE; INSULIN; LEPTIN; NICOTINAMIDE PHOSPHORIBOSYLTRANSFERASE; PLACENTAL GROWTH HORMONE; SOMATOMEDIN C; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; HGH V PROTEIN, HUMAN; HGH-V PROTEIN, HUMAN; PLACENTAL PEPTIDE HORMONE;

FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FETUS GROWTH; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MACROSOMIA; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PLACENTA DEVELOPMENT; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; SYNCYTIOTROPHOBLAST; FEMALE; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; METABOLISM; PREGNANCY; TROPHOBLAST;

DIABETES, GESTATIONAL; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR I; PLACENTAL HORMONES; PREGNANCY; TROPHOBLASTS;

EID: 70349782695     PISSN: 15733998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/157339909788920947     Document Type: Review

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