The Influence of Hormones on the Biochemical Development of Fetal Rat Lung in Organ Culture. II. Insulin
Gross I, Walker Smith G, Wilson C, Maniscalco W, Ingleson L, Brehier A, Rooney S. The Influence of Hormones on the Biochemical Development of Fetal Rat Lung in Organ Culture. II. Insulin. Pediatric Research 1980, 14: 834-838. PMID: 6995921, DOI: 10.1203/00006450-198006000-00012.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFetal rat lungRat lungCholine incorporationSignificant decreasePhospholipid fractionInfluence of insulinEffect of insulinInfluence of hormonesPercentage of radioactivityType II cellsLung cell growthLung cell differentiationLung maturationOrgan culture systemInsulin treatmentMorphologic evidencePhospholipid radioactivityInsulinMorphologic maturationSurfactant phospholipidsGlycogen contentII cellsOrgan cultureBiochemical developmentLamellar bodiesFetal lung in organ culture. III. Comparison of dexamethasone, thyroxine, and methylxanthines
Gross I, Wilson C, Ingleson L, Brehier A, Rooney S. Fetal lung in organ culture. III. Comparison of dexamethasone, thyroxine, and methylxanthines. Journal Of Applied Physiology 1980, 48: 872-877. PMID: 7451297, DOI: 10.1152/jappl.1980.48.5.872.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFetal lungComparison of dexamethasoneLung glycogen contentSurfactant-associated phospholipidsFetal rat lungPercentage of radioactivityRat lungAminophyllineCholine-containing phospholipidsThyroxineGlycogen contentCholine incorporationLungCaffeine treatmentSignificant decreaseOrgan cultureRate of incorporationSignificant increaseLysolecithin acyltransferaseExposure of explantsCholinephosphate cytidylyltransferaseDexamethasoneDifferent effectsMembrane phospholipidsMethylxanthines