Telocytes in Placental Tissues of Patients With Gestational and Pre-gestational Diabetes

Inclusion Criteria: * All pregnant women presented at the delivery ward in Sohag University Hospital, Sohag, Egypt with the following criteria: 1. Study group: Singleton pregnancies complicated with diabetes undergoing pre-labour CS at gestational age (37+0 to 40+0). These will be divided into 3 groups according to the type of disease either Gestational diabetes (Group A), pregestational diabetes type 1 (Group B) or type 2 (Group C). 2-Control group: Singleton pregnancies undergoing elective pre-labour CS at gestational age (37+0 to 40+0) that are otherwise healthy Exclusion Criteria: * Women with history of medical co-morbidities other than diabetes are excluded from the study. This includes the following: Chronic hypertension, renal diseases, autoimmune diseases, history of organ transplantation and immunosuppressive therapy, hematological diseases, history of thrombotic events, cardiopulmonary diseases, liver diseases Acute and chronic inflammatory diseases. * Pregnancy induced medical disorders like: Gestational hypertension, preeclampsia, Gestational thrombocytopenia, and proteinuria. * Multiple pregnancies. * Abnormal placentation, i.e. Placenta previa and Morbidly adherent placenta. * Fetal anomalies. * vaginal deliveries and CS in labor. * Spontaneous delivery.