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Farncombe Family Digestive Health Research Institute, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
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Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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Farncombe Family Digestive Health Research Institute, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Pediatrics, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
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resistance which drives maternal β-cells to synthesize and secrete more insulin. This expansion of insulin-producing β-cells coincides with the onset of PL, PGH and prolactin (PrL) secretion from the placenta. As PL, PGH and PrL induce β-cell proliferation