Back-seat driver: the fetus is not a passive passenger!

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Kathryn L Gatford. J Physiol. 2021 Jul.

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. 2021 Jul;599(13):3257-3258.

doi: 10.1113/JP281791. Epub 2021 Jun 15.

¹ Robinson Research Institute and Adelaide Medical School, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.

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Keywords: IUGR; fetus; glucagon; placenta.

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Late gestation fetal hyperglucagonaemia impairs placental function and results in diminished fetal protein accretion and decreased fetal growth.
Cilvik SN, Wesolowski SR, Anthony RV, Brown LD, Rozance PJ. Cilvik SN, et al. J Physiol. 2021 Jul;599(13):3403-3427. doi: 10.1113/JP281288. Epub 2021 May 10. J Physiol. 2021. PMID: 33878802 Free PMC article.

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