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Items for "visfatin"

Role of visfatin, insulin-like growth factor-I and insulin in fetal growth

Objective: IGF-I and insulin are the main regulators of intrauterine and postnatal growth...

Keywords: fetus, IGF-I, insulin, intrauterine growth restriction, neonate, visfatin

04/2007 | Journal of Perinatal Medicine, Walter de Gruyter
Visfatin/Pre-B cell colony-enhancing factor in amniotic fluid in normal pregnancy, spontaneous labor at term, preterm labor and prelabor rupture of membranes: an association with subclinical intrauterine infection in preterm parturition

Objective: Visfatin, a novel adipokine originally discovered as a pre-B-cell colony enhancing factor, is expressed by amniotic epithelium, cytotrophoblast, and decidua and is over-expressed when fetal membranes are exposed to mechanical stress and/or pro-inflammatory stimuli...

Keywords: Microbial invasion of the amniotic cavity (MIAC), pre-B cell colony-enhancing factor (PBEF), preterm labor, preterm prelabor rupture of membranes (preterm PROM), visfatin

11/2008 | Journal of Perinatal Medicine, Walter de Gruyter