1998
Fetal Lung mRNA Levels of Hox Genes Are Differentially Altered by Maternal Diabetes and Butyrate in Rats
Jacobs H, Bogue C, Pinter E, Wilson C, Warshaw J, Gross I. Fetal Lung mRNA Levels of Hox Genes Are Differentially Altered by Maternal Diabetes and Butyrate in Rats. Pediatric Research 1998, 44: 99-104. PMID: 9667378, DOI: 10.1203/00006450-199807000-00016.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsButyratesButyric AcidDiabetes Mellitus, ExperimentalEmbryonic and Fetal DevelopmentFemaleGene Expression Regulation, DevelopmentalGenes, HomeoboxGestational AgeHistone Deacetylase InhibitorsLungOrgan Culture TechniquesPregnancyPregnancy in DiabeticsRatsRats, Sprague-DawleyRNA, MessengerTranscription, GeneticConceptsLung developmentLung explantsSurfactant apoproteinExperimental animalsLung mRNA levelsElevated levelsEffect of diabetesFetal rat lung explantsLungs of fetusesRat lung explantsEffect of butyrateAntenatal exposureMaternal diabetesMetabolic abnormalitiesStreptozotocin treatmentLower incidenceNormal ratsDiabetesDexamethasoneLevel of expressionRatsTreatment of explantsSodium butyrateMRNA levelsAlters expression
1994
Identification of Hox genes in newborn lung and effects of gestational age and retinoic acid on their expression
Bogue CW, Gross I, Vasavada H, Dynia DW, Wilson CM, Jacobs HC. Identification of Hox genes in newborn lung and effects of gestational age and retinoic acid on their expression. American Journal Of Physiology 1994, 266: l448-l454. PMID: 7909996, DOI: 10.1152/ajplung.1994.266.4.l448.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGestational ageReverse transcription-polymerase chain reactionNewborn mouse lungRat lung explantsMouse lungRetinoic acidMRNA levelsLung explantsRat lungFetal rat lung explantsEffects of RATranscription-polymerase chain reactionM retinoic acidTime-dependent increaseNewborn lungRA treatmentFetal miceLungRodent lungsSignificant doseHigher mRNA levelsFetal tissuesDivergent homeobox gene HexGene expressionPattern of expression
1986
Glucocorticoid stimulation of choline-phosphate cytidylyltransferase activity in fetal rat lung: Receptor-response relationships
Rooney S, Dynia D, Smart D, Chu A, Ingleson L, Wilson C, Gross I. Glucocorticoid stimulation of choline-phosphate cytidylyltransferase activity in fetal rat lung: Receptor-response relationships. Biochimica Et Biophysica Acta 1986, 888: 208-216. PMID: 3017448, DOI: 10.1016/0167-4889(86)90023-6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEffect of dexamethasoneDexamethasone bindingCholine-phosphate cytidylyltransferase activitySpecific dexamethasone bindingFetal lung maturationFetal rat lung explantsCholine-phosphate cytidylyltransferaseSpecific nuclear bindingCytidylyltransferase activityRat lung explantsReceptor-mediated processSupernatant fractionFetal rat lungDose-response curveDexamethasone-treated culturesLung maturationGlucocorticoid bindingGlucocorticoid actionDe novo phosphatidylcholine synthesisLung explantsRat lungDexamethasoneGlucocorticoid stimulationStimulatory effectCholine incorporation