Almost 2 billion adults in the world are overweight, and more than half of them are classified
as obese, while nearly one-third of children globally experience poor growth and …

In spite of the huge progress in the treatment of diabetes mellitus, we are still in the situation
that both pregestational (PGDM) and gestational diabetes (GDM) impose an additional risk …

Compelling epidemiological and animal experimental data demonstrate that
cardiometabolic and neuropsychiatric diseases originate in a suboptimal intrauterine …

Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is the most frequent pathophysiological state of
pregnancy, which in many cases produces fetuses with macrosomia, requiring increased …

Several types of specialized glucose transporters (GLUTs) provide constant glucose
transport from the maternal circulation to the developing fetus through the placental barrier …

Placental transfer of glucose constitutes one of the major determinants of the intrauterine
foetal growth. The objective of the present study was to evaluate the expression of glucose …

Maternal nutrient availability and its transport through the placenta are crucial for fetal
development. Nutrients are transported to the fetus via specific transporters present on the …

ABSTRACT Aims/Introduction The aim of the present study was to evaluate the placental
expression of glucose transporters GLUT‐1, GLUT‐3, GLUT‐8 and GLUT‐12 in term …

Obesity is a chronic disease marked by the buildup of extra adipose tissue and a higher
chance of developing concomitant illnesses such as heart disease, diabetes, high blood …

Abstract Melatonin receptor 1B (MT2, encoded by the MTNR1B gene), a high-affinity
receptor for melatonin, is associated with glucose homeostasis including glucose uptake …