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Recently, it has been linked to the serum glucose levels and some comorbidities in type 2 diabetes.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Materials and methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>Here, we aimed to investigate the role of <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">PTX<\/jats:styled-content>3 in gestational diabetes mellitus (<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">GDM<\/jats:styled-content>), which is considered a forerunner of type 2 diabetes. Fasting <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">PTX<\/jats:styled-content>3 serum levels were measured in 90 women [45 <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">GDM<\/jats:styled-content>, 45 normal glucose tolerance (<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">NGT<\/jats:styled-content>)] during pregnancy. In addition, <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">PTX<\/jats:styled-content>3 was measured during a 2\u00a0h, 75\u00a0g oral glucose tolerance test (<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">OGTT<\/jats:styled-content>) in 20 women (10 <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">GDM<\/jats:styled-content>, 10 <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">NGT<\/jats:styled-content>) at 24\u201328\u00a0weeks of gestation and in 16 of them after delivery (10<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">GDM<\/jats:styled-content>, 6 <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">NGT<\/jats:styled-content>).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>A continuous increase in <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">PTX<\/jats:styled-content>3 levels was observed during the <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">OGTT<\/jats:styled-content> and reached in the <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">GDM<\/jats:styled-content> group a significant difference after 120\u00a0min compared with baseline (<jats:italic>P\u00a0<\/jats:italic>&lt;<jats:italic>\u00a0<\/jats:italic>0\u00b705). Additionally, a rise in the <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">PTX<\/jats:styled-content>3 concentration was significantly higher in the <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">GDM<\/jats:styled-content>\u2010 compared with the <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">NGT<\/jats:styled-content> group, 120\u00a0min after glucose challenge (<jats:italic>P\u00a0<\/jats:italic>&lt;<jats:italic>\u00a0<\/jats:italic>0\u00b701). During pregnancy, serum glucose and C\u2010peptide were positively correlated with the <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">PTX<\/jats:styled-content>3 levels in the whole study group, whereas a negative association was found with the insulin sensitivity parameters <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">QUICKI<\/jats:styled-content> and <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">OGIS<\/jats:styled-content>.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title><jats:p>Dependence of <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">PTX<\/jats:styled-content>3 on serum glucose levels was more pronounced in women with <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">GDM<\/jats:styled-content> than in the <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">NGT<\/jats:styled-content> group. 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