ELEVATED CONCENTRATIONS OF THE BETA-SUBUNIT OF HUMAN CHORIONIC-GONADOTROPIN AND TESTOSTERONE IN THE AMNIOTIC-FLUID OF GESTATIONS OF DIABETIC MOTHERS
ELEVATED CONCENTRATIONS OF THE BETA-SUBUNIT OF HUMAN CHORIONIC-GONADOTROPIN AND TESTOSTERONE IN THE AMNIOTIC-FLUID OF GESTATIONS OF DIABETIC MOTHERS
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DOI:
10.1016/0002-9378(86)90746-5
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发表时间:
1986-05-01
影响因子:
9.8
通讯作者:
RYAN, KJ
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作者:
BARBIERI, RL;SALTZMAN, DH;RYAN, KJ
Hyperplasia of testicular Leydig cells and ovarian theca-lutein cells is a common histologic finding in infants of diabetic mothers. The functional correlates of this histologic finding were investigated by measurement of the .beta.-subunit of human chorionic gonadotropin, testosterone, dihydrotestosterone, androstenedione, estradiol, and estrone in the amniotic fluid compartment of gestations with male and female fetuses in diabetic mothers (N = 34) and control women (N = 34) at term. When compared with those of control subjects, gestations of diabetic mothers had significantly higher amniotic fluid concentrations of the .beta.-subunit of human chorionic gonadotropin. Gestations with either male or female fetuses in diabetic mothers had significantly higher amniotic fluid testosterone and dihydrotestosterone levels when compared with those of their rspective gender controls. In gestations with male fetuses in diabetic mothers there was a significant positive correlation between the .beta.-subunit of human chorionic gonadotropin and testosterone. There was no significant difference in amniotic fluid androstenedione, estradiol, or estrone levels between the gestations of diabetic mothers and those of control women. These results suggest that the testicular Leydig cell and ovarian theca-lutein cell hyperplasia seen in infants of diabetic mothers is due, in part, to elevated levels of human chorionic gonadotropin and is associated with elevated testosterone and dihydrotestosterone concentrations in the the amniotic fluid.