1976
The influence of postnatal nutritional deprivation on the phospholipid content of developing rat lung
Gross I, Ilic I, Wilson C, Rooney S. The influence of postnatal nutritional deprivation on the phospholipid content of developing rat lung. Biochimica Et Biophysica Acta 1976, 441: 412-422. PMID: 9987, DOI: 10.1016/0005-2760(76)90238-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLung cell numberLung lavage phospholipidPostnatal nutritional deprivationTotal phospholipidsStandard rat chowLung protein contentPhosphatidylcholine contentRole of nutritionLung phospholipid synthesisFat-fed animalsLung surfactant productionLavage phospholipidsGlucose-fed groupRat chowLung lavageLung tissueDietary regimensMicrosomal fatty acid elongationRat lungLung proteinFasted animalsProtein dietLungNutritional deprivationAcetyl-CoA carboxylase
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
1974
Fatty Acid Synthesis in Developing Brain
Gross I, Warshaw J. Fatty Acid Synthesis in Developing Brain. Neonatology 1974, 25: 365-375. PMID: 4156483, DOI: 10.1159/000240709.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFatty acid synthesisMaximal brain growthFatty acid synthetase activityRat brainBrain supernatant fractionPostnatal lifeSupernatant fractionBrain growthAcid synthesisAdult levelsFatty acid synthetaseAcetyl-CoA carboxylase activityBrainAcetyl-CoA carboxylaseSynthetase activityFourfold differenceActivityWeeks