ReviewFrontiers in endocrinology2023
The impact of maternal diabetes on the future health and neurodevelopment of the offspring: a review of the evidence.
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- Preexisting diabetes and gestational diabetes as risk factors for autism spectrum disorder: an umbrella review.Frontiers in public health · 2026Pooled it
- The association between maternal diabetes and the risk of epilepsy in offspring: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2026Pooled it
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- Does Intrauterine Exposure to Diabetes Impact Mental and Motor Skills? A Meta-Analysis of the Bayley Scales of Infant Development.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2024Pooled it
- Sterol pathway disruption in pregnancy: a link to autism.Molecular psychiatry · 2026Article
- Evaluation of fetal frontal lobe development and Evans index in pregnancies complicated by gestational diabetes mellitus: prospective comparative observational study.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2026Observational
- Maternal hyperhomocysteinemia compromises female offspring fertility through overactivation of primordial follicles.iScience · 2026Article
- Gestational diabetes mellitus and maternal-infant microbiome axis: mechanistic insights and therapeutic interventions.Journal of translational medicine · 2026Review
- Maternal Glucose Metabolism and Emotional and Behavioral Problems in Offspring: Modification by Erythrocyte Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids.Nutrients · 2026Article
- Sex-specific effects of maternal gestational diabetes mellitus on offspring neurodevelopment: persistent hippocampal neurogenesis deficits in female but not male offspring.Experimental & molecular medicine · 2026Article
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- Research advances on the impact of gestational diabetes mellitus on offspring neurodevelopment.Diabetology & metabolic syndrome · 2026Review
- Neurodevelopmental outcomes of children born to diabetic mothers in the Qatari population: a retrospective study.BMJ paediatrics open · 2026Article
- Maternal diabetes subtypes and offspring cutaneous health: developmental programming of sebaceous gland function in over 330,000 live births.Archives of gynecology and obstetrics · 2026Article
- Association Between Maternal Gestational Diabetes, Cord Blood DNA Methylation, and Offspring Neurodevelopment.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026Article
- Targeting p75NTR activity alleviates the neurotoxic effect of high glucose on iPSC-derived dopaminergic neurons.Stem cell research & therapy · 2026Article
- Evaluating the effects of maternal diabetes on early infant neurodevelopment with a novel combination of four neurodevelopmental tools.Early human development · 2026Article
- The Sooner, the Better: Neuroprotective Strategies in Fetuses With Congenital Heart Disease.Prenatal diagnosis · 2026Review
- Intrauterine exposure to maternal diabetes and the risk of developing epilepsy in children: a national cohort study of 2.3 million children.BMC medicine · 2026Article
- Postnatal treadmill exercise alleviates cognitive deficits in offspring exposed to gestational diabetes mellitus via reactivation of the hippocampal Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway.Journal of exercise rehabilitation · 2026Article
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Abstract
Maternal health during gestational period is undoubtedly critical in shaping optimal fetal development and future health of the offspring. Gestational diabetes mellitus is a metabolic disorder occurring in pregnancy with an alarming increasing incidence worldwide during recent years. Over the years, there is a growing body of evidence that uncontrolled maternal hyperglycaemia during pregnancy can potentially have detrimental effect on the neurodevelopment of the offspring. Both human and animal data have linked maternal diabetes with motor and cognitive impairment, as well as autism spectrum disorders, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, learning abilities and psychiatric disorders. This review presents the available data from current literature investigating the relationship between maternal diabetes and offspring neurodevelopmental impairment. Moreover, possible mechanisms accounting for the detrimental effects of maternal diabetes on fetal brain like fetal neuroinflammation, iron deficiency, epigenetic alterations, disordered lipid metabolism and structural brain abnormalities are also highlighted. On the basis of the evidence demonstrated in the literature, it is mandatory that hyperglycaemia during pregnancy will be optimally controlled and the impact of maternal diabetes on offspring neurodevelopment will be more thoroughly investigated.
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