Gestational Diabetes Mellitus, Fetal Growth and Vitamin D
Journal of Bone Metabolism
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: 155-159, 2017.
Article
in English
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-114939
ABSTRACT
Vitamin D is an important secosteroid hormone in skeletal and non-skeletal systems. Vitamin D has relevance to muscle and immune function, hypertension, diabetes mellitus, cancer, and pregnancy because vitamin D receptors (VDR) are present in many non-skeletal tissues. Vitamin D acts on target tissues via the binding of its active form to VDR. As vitamin D affects not only bone metabolism but also glucose metabolism, vitamin D deficiency may affect the development of gestational diabetes mellitus and fetal growth. Although vitamin D deficiency is prevalent during pregnancy, there are conflicting reports on the effect of vitamin D deficiency on pregnancy complications, such as fetal growth restriction and gestational diabetes. This article reviews published papers on the effects of vitamin D on gestational diabetes and fetal growth.
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Main subject:
Pregnancy Complications
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Vitamin D
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Vitamin D Deficiency
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Vitamins
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Diabetes, Gestational
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Receptors, Calcitriol
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Fetal Development
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Diabetes Mellitus
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Glucose
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Hypertension
Limits:
Pregnancy
Language:
English
Journal:
Journal of Bone Metabolism
Year:
2017
Type:
Article
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