The placenta is a transitory organ, located between the mother and the foetus, which
supports intrauterine life. This organ has nutritional, endocrine and immunologic functions to�…

By its location between maternal and fetal bloodstreams the human placenta not only
handles the materno-fetal transport of nutrients and gases, but may also be exposed to�…

During embryogenesis in all mammalian species the placenta is formed inside the uterus by
apposition or fusion of maternally and embryonically-derived tissues. Genetically, normal�…

Aims/hypothesis. Gestational diabetes is associated with complications for the offspring
before, during and after delivery. Poor maternal glucose control, however, is a weak�…

Nowadays, the continuous rise of maternal obesity is followed by increased gestational
diabetes mellitus incidence. GDM is associated with adverse fetal and neonatal outcome�…

Different morphometric parameters have been applied to the study of the morphological
differences between a group of normal placentae and a group of placentae collected from�…

Objectives. Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) leads to an abnormal placental
environment which may cause some structural alterations of placenta and affect placental�…

In the streptozocin-induced diabetic rat, the placenta is larger and the fetus is smaller than
normal. To study cellular differences that might contribute to the size and functional disparity�…

Insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (Type I) is associated with disregulation of the glucose
and oxygen metabolic pathways during pregnancy, both of which affect placental villous�…

OBJECTIVE Alteration of placental structure may influence fetal overgrowth and
complications of maternal diabetes. We examined the placenta in a cohort of offspring of�…