Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Gestational Diabetes Mellitus (GDM) is associated with maternal and perinatal morbidity. Follistatin-like 1 (FSTL-1), also known as TGFB-beta-stimulated clone 36 (TSC-36), is a glycoprotein cardiokine reported to be associated with insulin resistance and inflammatory processes. To date, there is no study evaluating the effect of FSTL-1 gene polymorphism on the development of GDM in the literature. In this study, we aimed to investigate the effect of serum FSTL-1 ...