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Increased Endothelial Inflammation, sTie-2 and Arginase Activity in Umbilical Cords Obtained from Gestational Diabetic Mothers

Hemant Giri, Shivam Chandel, L Dwarakanath, Sooriyakala Sreekumar, Madhulika Dixit

PLoS ONE · 2013 · 18 citations · 51 references

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Abstract

HUVECs derived from Asian Indian GDM mothers, exhibit signs of sub-clinical endothelial inflammation along with increased levels of sTie2 and arginase activity in their cord blood serum.

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