Article
Foetal macrosomia and erythrocyte acid phosphatase (ACP1) polymorphism in diabetic and normal pregnancy.
Early human development - 1 Jan 2000
Gloria-Bottini F, Gerlini G, Lucarini N, Borgiani P, Gori M C, Amante A, Lucarelli P, Bottini E
Abstract excerpt
Both in diabetic and in normal pregnancy the proportion of macrosomic fetuses is much lower among newborns carrying Pc allele of erythrocyte acid phosphatase (ACP1) than among other ACP1 genotypes. In diabetic pregnancy the well known increased incidence of fetal macrosomia has been observed only among fetuses which do not carry this allele. ACP1 probably functions as a flavin-mononucleotide phosphatase. Since Pc...
Topics
- Acid Phosphatase
- Adult
- Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1
- Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2
- Erythrocytes
- Female
- Fetal Macrosomia
- Genotype
- Humans
- Infant, Newborn
- Phenotype
