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 bodies