Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is a serious pregnancy complication, in which women
without previously diagnosed diabetes develop chronic hyperglycemia during gestation. In …

Gestational diabetes is the most common medical complication in pregnancy. Historically,
gestational diabetes was considered a pregnancy complication involving treatment of rising …

Adversity experienced during gestation is a predictor of lifetime neuropsychiatric disease
susceptibility. Specifically, maternal stress during pregnancy predisposes offspring to sex …

The placenta is a complex fetal organ that fulfills pleiotropic roles during fetal growth. It
separates the maternal and fetal circulation, with which it is in contact through different …

Gestational Diabetes Mellitus (GDM) is a transitory metabolic condition caused by
dysregulation triggered by intolerance to carbohydrates, dysfunction of beta-pancreatic and …

Maternal diabetes constitutes an unfavorable environment for embryonic and fetoplacental
development. Despite current treatments, pregnant women with pregestational diabetes are …

The insulin/insulin‐like growth factor (IGF) system regulates fetal and placental growth and
development. In maternal diabetes, components of this system including insulin, IGF1, IGF2 …

In this review, we discuss the often overlooked tissue-resident fetal macrophages, Hofbauer
cells, which are found within the chorionic villi of the human placenta. Hofbauer cells have …

Background Hofbauer cells (HBCs) are macrophages of the feto-placental unit. Despite the
general view that these cells have an anti-inflammatory M2 phenotype, recent studies have …

Pregnancy is a physiological stress that requires dynamic, regulated changes affecting
maternal and fetal adiposity. Excessive accumulation of dysfunctional adipose tissue …