About this Research Topic Fetal growth is dependent on nutrient and oxygen availability, which in turn is related to maternal endowment and substrate transfer by the placenta into the fetal circulation. Indeed, any given substrate must traverse the placental blood barrier. Transfer across this...
About this Research Topic Recent findings show the potential role of insulin signaling in cardiovascular health, related with insulin receptors expression in cardiomyocytes and vascular cells. The epidemiological data show a correlation between insulin resistance/diabetes and cardiovascular dis...