AKT1 and gestational diabetes: circMAP3K4 is another potentially important circRNA involved in glucose metabolism that is highly expressed in the placentas of patients with gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) and the IR model.280 circMAP3K4 can suppress the insulin-PI3K/Akt signaling pathway via the miR-6795-5p/PTPN1 axis, thereby contributing to GDM-associated IR.