1979
Thyrotropin-Releasing Hormone Increases the Amount of Surfactant in Lung Lavage from Fetal Rabbits
Rooney S, Marino P, Gobran L, Gross I, Warshaw J. Thyrotropin-Releasing Hormone Increases the Amount of Surfactant in Lung Lavage from Fetal Rabbits. Pediatric Research 1979, 13: 623-625. PMID: 112569, DOI: 10.1203/00006450-197905000-00009.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsThyrotropin-releasing hormoneLung lavageLung maturationFetal lung slicesRespiratory distress syndromeFetal lung maturationPulmonary surfactant productionSurfactant productionPhosphatidylcholine/sphingomyelin ratioDistress syndromeTRH administrationPregnant rabbitsIncorporation of cholineFetal rabbitsGestation resultsLung slicesLavagePhysiologic roleFetusesSphingomyelin ratioTotal phospholipidsControl littersSurfactant releasePhospholipid contentMore phosphatidylcholine
1975
The inhibition of enzymes related to pulmonary fatty acid and phospholipid synthesis by dietary deprivation in the rat
Gross I, Rooney S, Warshaw J. The inhibition of enzymes related to pulmonary fatty acid and phospholipid synthesis by dietary deprivation in the rat. Biochemical And Biophysical Research Communications 1975, 64: 59-63. PMID: 238512, DOI: 10.1016/0006-291x(75)90219-3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPulmonary surfactant productionMicrosomal fatty acid elongationDietary deprivationRat lungFatty acid synthetaseDeprivation resultsAcute starvationInhibition of enzymesAcetyl-CoA carboxylaseSurfactant productionKnown inhibitionSignificant reductionFatty acid elongationFatty acidsInhibitionPhospholipid synthesisLung