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The feto-placental dialogue and diabesity.
Best practice & research. Clinical obstetrics & gynaecology - 1 Jan 2015
Desoye Gernot, van Poppel Mireille
Abstract excerpt
Recent studies have established that the neonate born to a pregnancy with maternal diabetes or obesity ('diabesity') is characterized by increased fat accumulation. The neonatal fat is the result of triglyceride synthesis and deposition stimulated by elevated fetal insulin levels combined with insulin's mitogenic activity directly stimulating the growth of the white adipocytes. Fetal insulin levels are determined...
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