Glucose, Insulin, and Oxygen Interplay in Placental Hypervascularisation in Diabetes Mellitus

The placental vasculature rapidly expands during the course of pregnancy in order to sustain the growing needs of the fetus. Angiogenesis and vascular growth are stimulated and regulated by a variety of growth factors expressed in the placenta or present in the fetal circulation. Like in tumors, hyp...

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Main Authors: Cvitic, Silvija, Desoye, Gernot, Hiden, Ursula
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2014
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4167234/