Development of glycogen and phospholipid metabolism in fetal and newborn rat lung
Maniscalco W, Wilson C, Gross I, Gobran L, Rooney S, Warshaw J. Development of glycogen and phospholipid metabolism in fetal and newborn rat lung. Biochimica Et Biophysica Acta 1978, 530: 333-346. PMID: 100141, DOI: 10.1016/0005-2760(78)90153-4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNewborn rat lungGlycogen phosphorylase activityFetal lungRat lungGlycogen concentrationFetal lung glycogenFirst postnatal dayPhosphorylase activityTotal glycogen synthaseTotal glycogen phosphorylase activityMajor metabolic substratesLung glycogenPhosphatidylcholine synthesisGlycogen synthase activityIncorporation of cholinePostnatal dayGlycogen depletionDay 19LungGestationDay 20Adult lungMammalian fetusGlycogen contentTotal phospholipids