Dubova E A, Pavlov K A, Esayan R M, Degtyareva E I, Shestakova M V, Shchegolev A I, Sukhikh G T
V. I. Kulakov Research Center of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Perinatology, Ministry of Health Care and Social Development of the Russian Federation, Moscow, Russia.
Bull Exp Biol Med. 2012 Jan;152(3):367-70. doi: 10.1007/s10517-012-1530-1.
We performed a morphological study of placentas from women with type 1 diabetes mellitus receiving insulin therapy (insulin pump). Expression of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and its receptors (VEGFR-1, VEGFR-2, VEGFR-3) was demonstrated by immunohistochemical methods. Processes of branched angiogenesis predominated in the placentas from women with type 1 diabetes mellitus. Immunohistochemical study revealed more intensive reaction of VEGF and its receptors in syncytiotrophoblast and capillary endothelium of terminal villi.