The role of oxidative stress in the pathophysiology of gestational diabetes mellitus

M Lappas, U Hiden, G Desoye, J Froehlich… - Antioxidants & redox …, 2011 - liebertpub.com
Normal human pregnancy is considered a state of enhanced oxidative stress. In pregnancy,
it plays important roles in embryo development, implantation, placental development and …

Adenosine signalling in diabetes mellitus—pathophysiology and therapeutic considerations

L Antonioli, C Blandizzi, B Csóka, P Pacher… - Nature reviews …, 2015 - nature.com
Adenosine is a key extracellular signalling molecule that regulates several aspects of tissue
function by activating four G-protein-coupled receptors, A1, A2A, A2B and A1 adenosine …

Molecular pathways disrupted by gestational diabetes mellitus

C Nguyen-Ngo, N Jayabalan… - Journal of molecular …, 2019 - jme.bioscientifica.com
Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) imposes serious short-and long-term health problems
for mother and baby. An effective therapeutic that can reduce the incidence of GDM and …

Normal glucose uptake in the brain and heart requires an endothelial cell-specific HIF-1α–dependent function

Y Huang, L Lei, DG Liu, I Jovin… - Proceedings of the …, 2012 - National Acad Sciences
Although intimately positioned between metabolic substrates in the bloodstream and the
tissue parenchymal cells that require these substrates, a major role of the vascular …

Differential placental macrovascular and microvascular endothelial dysfunction in gestational diabetes

L Sobrevia, F Abarzúa, JK Nien, C Salomón… - Placenta, 2011 - Elsevier
Human endothelial dysfunction is a common feature in many diseases of pregnancy, such
as gestational diabetes (GD). Metabolic changes include abnormal synthesis of nitric oxide …

Insulin restores gestational diabetes mellitus–reduced adenosine transport involving differential expression of insulin receptor isoforms in human umbilical vein …

F Westermeier, C Salomón, M González, C Puebla… - Diabetes, 2011 - Am Diabetes Assoc
OBJECTIVE To determine whether insulin reverses gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM)–
reduced expression and activity of human equilibrative nucleoside transporters 1 (hENT1) in …

Fetoplacental vascular endothelial dysfunction as an early phenomenon in the programming of human adult diseases in subjects born from gestational diabetes …

A Leiva, F Pardo, MA Ramírez, M Farías… - Journal of Diabetes …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) and obesity in pregnancy (OP) are pathological
conditions associated with placenta vascular dysfunction coursing with metabolic changes …

Assessment of endothelial function in pregnant women with preeclampsia and gestational diabetes mellitus by flow-mediated dilation of brachial artery

MFB de Resende Guimarães, AHF Brandão… - Archives of gynecology …, 2014 - Springer
Purpose To compare endothelial function, as assessed by flow-mediated dilation (FMD) in
pregnant women with preeclampsia (PE), gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) and healthy …

Materno-fetal cholesterol transport during pregnancy

S Kallol, C Albrecht - Biochemical Society Transactions, 2020 - portlandpress.com
Cholesterol is a major nutrient required for fetal growth. It is also a precursor for the
synthesis of steroid hormones and essential for the development and maturation of fetal …

Nitric oxide is a central common metabolite in vascular dysfunction associated with diseases of human pregnancy

A Leiva, B Fuenzalida, E Barros… - Current vascular …, 2016 - ingentaconnect.com
Preeclampsia (PE), gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM), and maternal supraphysiological
hypercholesterolaemia (MSPH) are pregnancy-related conditions that cause metabolic …