Endocrine Abstracts

Background/objective: We have shown that expression of maternal serum human chorionic gonadotrophin (hCG) oligossacharides in uncomplicated pregnancy differs from that seen in pregnancy complicated by maternal type1 diabetes mellitus. Whether this observed oligosaccharide heterogeneity in type1 diabetes is specific to hCG or represents a more general phenomenon amongst placental oligosaccharides is not known. The oligosaccharide distribution in placentas from pregnancies compl...