Insulin Secretion and Metabolism during the Perinatal Period in the Rat: EVIDENCE FOR A PLACENTAL ROLE IN FETAL HYPERINSULINEMIA

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Abstract

To better understand why plasma immunoreactive insulin (IRI) concentration is high in the rat fetus during the last 3 d of gestation and why fetal hyperinsulinemia abruptly subsides after birth, insulin secretion and metabolic clearance rates were estimated in fetuses and nursed pups.

Authors

Françoise R. Sodoyez-Goffaux, Jean C. Sodoyez, Claudine J. De Vos