1979
Effects of betamethasone on phospholipid content, composition and biosynthesis in the fetal rabbit lung
Rooney S, Gobran L, Marino P, Maniscalco W, Gross I. Effects of betamethasone on phospholipid content, composition and biosynthesis in the fetal rabbit lung. Biochimica Et Biophysica Acta 1979, 572: 64-76. PMID: 216408, DOI: 10.1016/0005-2760(79)90200-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLung lavageFetal lung lavageFetal lung slicesAdministration of betamethasoneEffect of betamethasoneFetal lung maturationFetal rabbit lungPhosphatidylcholine/sphingomyelin ratioLung glycogenBetamethasone administrationLung maturationPregnant rabbitsDays gestationFetal lungLung slicesRabbit lungsStress-induced accelerationDirect administrationSphingomyelin ratioSurfactant phospholipidsBetamethasoneAdministrationRate of incorporationSurfactant productionLavage
1978
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