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Sun B, Fu A, Wang R, Zhang Y. Influence of carbon dioxide pneumoperitoneum on the growth hormone-insulin-like growth factor I axis in mid- and late-pregnancy rats. J Obstet Gynaecol Res 2015; 41:1394-8. [PMID: 26098754 DOI: 10.1111/jog.12734] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2014] [Accepted: 03/18/2015] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Bingchun Sun
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology; Affiliated Hospital of Guangdong Medical College; Zhanjiang China
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology; Affiliated Hospital of Guangdong Medical College; Zhanjiang China
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology; Affiliated Hospital of Guangdong Medical College; Zhanjiang China
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology; Affiliated Hospital of Guangdong Medical College; Zhanjiang China
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Zucchini S, Iafusco D, Vannelli S, Rabbone I, Salzano G, Pozzobon G, Maghnie M, Cherubini V, Bizzarri C, Bonfanti R, D'Annunzio G, Lenzi L, Maggio MC, Marigliano M, Scaramuzza A, Tumini S, Iughetti L. Combined therapy with insulin and growth hormone in 17 patients with type-1 diabetes and growth disorders. Horm Res Paediatr 2015; 82:53-8. [PMID: 24925520 DOI: 10.1159/000360856] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/14/2013] [Accepted: 02/25/2014] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND/AIM Combined growth hormone (GH) and insulin therapy is rarely prescribed by pediatric endocrinologists. We investigated the attitude of Italian physicians to prescribing that therapy in the case of short stature and type-1 diabetes (T1DM). METHODS A questionnaire was sent and if a patient was identified, data on growth and diabetes management were collected. RESULTS Data from 42 centers (84%) were obtained. Of these, 29 centers reported that the use of combined therapy was usually avoided. A total of 17 patients were treated in 13 centers (GH was started before T1DM onset in 9 patients and after the onset of T1DM in 8). Height SDS patterns during GH therapy in the 11 patients affected by GH deficiency ranged from -0.3 to +3.1 SDS. In the 8 diabetic patients in whom GH was added subsequently, mean insulin dose increased during the first 6 months of therapy from 0.7 ± 0.2 to 1.0 ± 0.2 U/kg (p = 0.004). HbA1c was unchanged during the first 6 months of combined therapy. CONCLUSIONS Most Italian physicians do not consider prescribing the combined GH-insulin therapy in diabetic children with growth problems. However, the results of the 17 patients identified would confirm that the combined therapy was feasible and only caused mild insulin resistance. GH therapy was effective in promoting growth in most patients and did not affect diabetes metabolic control.
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- Stefano Zucchini
- Department of Pediatrics, S. Orsola-Malpighi Hospital, Bologna, Italy
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Ringholm Nielsen L, Juul A, Pedersen-Bjergaard U, Thorsteinsson B, Damm P, Mathiesen ER. Lower levels of circulating IGF-I in Type 1 diabetic women with frequent severe hypoglycaemia during pregnancy. Diabet Med 2008; 25:826-33. [PMID: 18644070 DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-5491.2008.02495.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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AIMS Severe hypoglycaemia is a significant problem in pregnant women with Type 1 diabetes. We explored whether frequent severe hypoglycaemia during pregnancy in women with Type 1 diabetes is related to placental growth hormone (GH) and insulin-like growth factor I (IGF-I) levels. METHODS A prospective, observational study of 107 consecutive pregnant women with Type 1 diabetes. Blood samples were drawn for IGF-I and placental GH analyses at 8, 14, 21, 27 and 33 weeks. Severe hypoglycaemic events were reported within 24 h. RESULTS Eleven women (10%) experienced frequent severe hypoglycaemia (> or = 5 events), accounting for 60% of all events. Throughout pregnancy, IGF-I levels were 25% lower in these women (P < 0.005) compared with the remaining women, despite similar placental GH levels. Eighty per cent of the severe hypoglycaemic events occurred before 20 weeks when IGF-I levels were at their lowest. This finding was not explained by differences in insulin dose, median plasma glucose levels or glycated haemoglobin. History of severe hypoglycaemia the year preceding pregnancy and impaired hypoglycaemia awareness-being the only predictors of frequent severe hypoglycaemia in a logistic regression analysis-were not associated with IGF-I or placental GH levels at 8 weeks. CONCLUSIONS In women with Type 1 diabetes experiencing frequent severe hypoglycaemia during pregnancy, IGF-I levels are significantly lower compared with the remaining women despite similar placental GH levels. IGF-I levels are lowest in early pregnancy where the incidence of severe hypoglycaemia is highest. IGF-I may be a novel factor of interest in the investigation of severe hypoglycaemia in patients with Type 1 diabetes.
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- L Ringholm Nielsen
- Copenhagen Center for Pregnant Women with Diabetes, Departments of Endocrinology, Rigshospitalet, Faculty of Health Sciences, Copenhagen, Denmark.
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Mittal P, Espinoza J, Hassan SS, Kusanovic JP, Edwin SS, Nien JK, Gotsch F, Than NG, Erez O, Mazaki-Tovi S, Romero R. Placental growth hormone is increased in the maternal and fetal serum of patients with preeclampsia. J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med 2008; 20:651-9. [PMID: 17701665 PMCID: PMC2276338 DOI: 10.1080/14767050701463571] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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OBJECTIVES Placental growth hormone (PGH) is a pregnancy-specific protein produced by syncytiotrophoblast and extravillous cytotrophoblast. No other cells have been reported to synthesize PGH Maternal. PGH Serum concentration increases with advancing gestational age, while quickly decreasing after delivery of the placenta. The biological properties of PGH include somatogenic, lactogenic, and lipolytic functions. The purpose of this study was to determine whether the maternal serum concentrations of PGH change in women with preeclampsia (PE), women with PE who deliver a small for gestational age neonate (PE + SGA), and those with SGA alone. STUDY DESIGN This cross-sectional study included maternal serum from normal pregnant women (n = 61), patients with severe PE (n = 48), PE + SGA (n = 30), and SGA alone (n = 41). Fetal cord blood from uncomplicated pregnancies (n = 16) and PE (n = 16) was also analyzed. PGH concentrations were measured by ELISA. Non-parametric statistics were used for analysis. RESULTS (1) Women with severe PE had a median serum concentration of PGH higher than normal pregnant women (PE: median 23,076 pg/mL (3473-94 256) vs. normal pregnancy: median 12 157 pg/mL (2617-34 016); p < 0.05), pregnant women who delivered an SGA neonate (SGA: median 10 206 pg/mL (1816-34 705); p < 0.05), as well as pregnant patients with PE and SGA (PE + SGA: median 11 027 pg/mL (1232-61 702); p < 0.05). (2) No significant differences were observed in the median maternal serum concentration of PGH among pregnant women with PE and SGA, SGA alone, and normal pregnancy (p > 0.05). (3) Compared to those of the control group, the median umbilical serum concentration of PGH was significantly higher in newborns of preeclamptic women (PE: median 356.1 pg/mL (72.6-20 946), normal pregnancy: median 128.5 pg/mL (21.6-255.9); p < 0.01). (4) PGH was detected in all samples of cord blood. CONCLUSIONS (1) PE is associated with higher median concentrations of PGH in both the maternal and fetal circulation compared to normal pregnancy. (2) Patients with PE + SGA had lower maternal serum concentrations of PGH than preeclamptic patients without SGA. (3) Contrary to previous findings, PGH was detectable in the fetal circulation. The observations reported herein are novel and suggest that PGH may play a role in the mechanisms of disease in preeclampsia and fetal growth restriction.
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- Pooja Mittal
- Perinatology Research Branch, NICHD/NIH/DHHS, Bethesda, Maryland, and Detroit, Michigan, USA
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan, USA
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- Perinatology Research Branch, NICHD/NIH/DHHS, Bethesda, Maryland, and Detroit, Michigan, USA
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan, USA
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- Perinatology Research Branch, NICHD/NIH/DHHS, Bethesda, Maryland, and Detroit, Michigan, USA
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan, USA
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- Perinatology Research Branch, NICHD/NIH/DHHS, Bethesda, Maryland, and Detroit, Michigan, USA
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- Perinatology Research Branch, NICHD/NIH/DHHS, Bethesda, Maryland, and Detroit, Michigan, USA
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- Perinatology Research Branch, NICHD/NIH/DHHS, Bethesda, Maryland, and Detroit, Michigan, USA
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- Perinatology Research Branch, NICHD/NIH/DHHS, Bethesda, Maryland, and Detroit, Michigan, USA
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- Perinatology Research Branch, NICHD/NIH/DHHS, Bethesda, Maryland, and Detroit, Michigan, USA
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- Perinatology Research Branch, NICHD/NIH/DHHS, Bethesda, Maryland, and Detroit, Michigan, USA
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- Perinatology Research Branch, NICHD/NIH/DHHS, Bethesda, Maryland, and Detroit, Michigan, USA
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan, USA
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- Perinatology Research Branch, NICHD/NIH/DHHS, Bethesda, Maryland, and Detroit, Michigan, USA
- Center for Molecular Medicine and Genetics, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan, USA
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Placental growth hormone (PGH) has been known for 20 years. Nevertheless, its physiology is far from understood. In this review, basal aspects of PGH physiology are summarised and put in relation to the highly homologous pituitary growth hormone (GH). During normal pregnancy, PGH progressively replaces GH and reach maximum serum concentrations in the third trimester. A close relationship to insulin-like growth factor (IGF)-I and -II levels is observed. Furthermore, PGH levels are positively associated to fetal growth. The potential importance of growth hormone receptors and binding protein for PGH effects is discussed. Finally, the review outlines current knowledge of PGH in pathological pregnancies.
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- Jens Fuglsang
- Gynaecological/Obstetrical Research Laboratory Y, Aarhus University Hospital, Skejby Sygehus, DK-8200 Aarhus N, Denmark.
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