ea0037gp.05.10 | Developmental and paediatric endocrinology | ECE2015
Gonzalez Dominguez Martha I
, de la Vega Monrroy Maria Luisa Lazo
, Zaina Silvio
, Sabanero Myrna
, Daza-Benitez Leonel
, Malacara Juan Manuel
, Barbosa-Sabanero Gloria
Introduction: Intrauterine growth is a biological process regulated by maternal, placental, and foetal endocrine signals. Birth weight is an indicator of the health of the newborn. Alterations in foetal growth lead to perinatal health risks and favour metabolic diseases during adult life. Therefore, the study of endocrine factors determining birth weight, such as ghrelin is an important issue. Ghrelin may exist as two molecular forms, desacyl ghrelin (DAG) and acyl ghrelin (AG...