VEGFA and autoimmune pancreatitis: In women with AIP (Wehrum et al.: n = 13, Uyanikoglu et al.: n = 22), maternal serum VEGF levels during third trimester are significantly lower compared with women with normal placentation (0.8 (0.02–3.4) vs 6.5 (2.7–10.5) pg/mL, p = 0.02; 39.18 ± 11.98 vs 85.87 ± 18.05 pg/ml, p < 0.001) [21, 23].