title: [Vitamin A and gestational diabetes].
abstract: Diabetes mellitus (DM) a pathology with chronic evolution, has now acquired a connotation of global epidemic. Gestational diabetes, a condition associated with insulin resistance and decreased beta-cells function is also characterized by a high incidence in different populations and ethnic groups. Recently strong evidence has been found for involvement of retinol levels of pregnant women with DM due to the pathology's evolution. This condition makes these diabetics prone to have a marginal biochemical profile or a vitamin A deficiency when compared to those of healthy pregnant women. Therefore, with an awareness of the physiological role of vitamin A and consequences of diabetes during pregnancy, this review intends to clarify the impact of DM on retinol levels of these pregnant women and the consequences that vitamin A deficiency may cause to these women and their infants.
authors.affiliation: programa de pós-graduação em Bioquímica, Centro de Biociências, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, RN.
authors.forename: Larissa Queiroz de
authors.initials: LQ
authors.lastname: Lira
authors.forename: Roberto
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Dimenstein
mesh_terms: D016640:Diabetes, Gestational / Q000097:blood*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D054839:Retinol-Binding Proteins, Plasma / Q000032:analysis*; D014802:Vitamin A Deficiency / Q000097:blood* / Q000150:complications
chemical_list: D054839:Retinol-Binding Proteins, Plasma