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- Title
Insulin-Like Growth Factor (IGF)-I and Insulin in Normal and Growth-Restricted Mother/Infant Pairs.
- Authors
Malamitsi-Puchner, Ariadne; Briana, Despina D.; Gourgiotis, Dimitrios; Boutsikou, Maria; Puchner, Karl-Philipp; Baka, Stavroula; Marmarinos, Antonios; Hassiakos, Dimitrios
- Abstract
Insulin-like growth factor (IGF)-I and insulin are essential for fetal growth. We investigated perinatal changes of both factors in 40 mothers and their 20 appropriate-for-gestational-age (AGA) and 20 intrauterine-growth-restricted (IUGR) fetuses and neonates on day 1 (N1) and day 4 (N4) postpartum. Fetal and N1, but not N4, IGF-I levels were increased in AGA (P < .001 and P = .037, resp.). N1 insulin levels were lower in IUGR (P = .048). Maternal, fetal, and N1 IGF-I, and fetal insulin levels positively correlated with customized centiles (r = .374, P = .035, r = .608, P < .001, r = .485, P = .006, and r = .654, P = .021, resp.). Female infants presented elevated fetal and N4 IGF-I levels (P = .023 and P = .016, resp.). Positive correlations of maternal, fetal, and neonatal IGF-I levels, and fetal insulin levels with customized centiles underline implication of both hormones in fetal growth. IUGR infants present gradually increasing IGF-I levels. Higher IGF-I levels are documented in females.
- Subjects
SOMATOMEDIN; INSULIN; FETAL development; NEWBORN infant development; GROWTH factors
- Publication
Mediators of Inflammation, 2007, Vol 2007, p1
- ISSN
0962-9351
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1155/2007/42646