Objective To investigate the association between serum ferritin(SF) level at early and mid trimester of pregnancy and gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) and insulin resistance (IR).Methods A total of 192 cases of women who were accepted antenatal examination from the first trimester of pregnancy at Yueqing People Hospital from July,2012 to October,2013 was prospectively analyzed and followed up.All cases were divided into two groups:96 cases of GDM pregnant women who were diagnosed as GDM at mid trimester of pregnancy as GDM group,and 96 cases of pregnant women with normal glucose tolerance at the same time as the control,normal glucose tolerance (NGT group).The differences in clinical data were compared between two groups.The relationship between SF level and fasting plasma glucose (FPG),fasting insulin (FINS),homeostasis model assessment insulin resistance (HOMA-IR),and C-peptide was investigated with Spearman rank correlation analysis.The predictive values of SF and relative variables to GDM were calculated by receiver operating characteristic curve (ROC) or Logistic regression analysis.Results (1) There was statistically significant difference in body weight and body mass index (BMI) at prepregnancy and mid trimester of pregnancy,Hb,FPG,FINS,SF,and C-peptide at the first trimester of pregnancy,SF level and FPG and HOMA-IR and C-peptide at mid trimester of pregnancy between two groups (P ＜ 0.01 or P ＜ 0.05).(2) As showed by Spearman rank correlation analysis,there was statistical correlation between SF at mid trimester of pregnancy,and FPG,FINS,HOMA-IR and C-peptide (P ＜0.01 or P ＜ 0.05);while no statistical correlation was found between SF at the first trimester of pregnancy and the same factors above (P ＞ 0.05).(3) The area under the ROC curve of SF at mid trimester of pregnancy for GDM was 0.653.The sensitivity and specificity were 68.8％ and 59.4％ in predicting GDM at the cut-off value of 16.61 ng/ml.As showed by Logistic regression analysis,high level of SF at mid trimester of pregnancy was a independent risk factor for GDM.Odds ratio (OR) was 1.032 (95％ CI:1.008 ～ 1.058,P ＜ 0.01).Conclusions The relationship between SF at different trimester of pregnancy and GDM is variant.There is relationship between high level SF of mid trimester of pregnancy in GDM pregnant women and IR.The level of SF might predict the occurrence of GDM.

Assembly of eukaryotic ribosome is a complicated and dynamic process that involves a series of intermediates. It is unknown how the highly intertwined structure of 60S large ribosomal subunits is established. Here, we report the structure of an early nucleolar pre-60S ribosome determined by cryo-electron microscopy at 3.7 Å resolution, revealing a half-assembled subunit. Domains I, II and VI of 25S/5.8S rRNA pack tightly into a native-like substructure, but domains III, IV and V are not assembled. The structure contains 12 assembly factors and 19 ribosomal proteins, many of which are required for early processing of large subunit rRNA. The Brx1-Ebp2 complex would interfere with the assembly of domains IV and V. Rpf1, Mak16, Nsa1 and Rrp1 form a cluster that consolidates the joining of domains I and II. Our structure reveals a key intermediate on the path to establishing the global architecture of 60S subunits.