Studies on pulmonary surfactant Effects of cortisol administration to fetal rabbits on lung phospholipid content, composition and biosynthesis
Rooney S, Gobran L, Gross I, Wai-Lee T, Nardone L, Motoyama E. Studies on pulmonary surfactant Effects of cortisol administration to fetal rabbits on lung phospholipid content, composition and biosynthesis. Biochimica Et Biophysica Acta 1976, 450: 121-130. PMID: 186118, DOI: 10.1016/0005-2760(76)90083-7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH Keywords1-Acylglycerophosphocholine O-AcyltransferaseAnimalsCholine KinaseCytidine Diphosphate CholineDiacylglycerol CholinephosphotransferaseFatty AcidsFemaleFetusGestational AgeGlycerolHydrocortisoneLungNucleotidyltransferasesPhosphatidylcholinesPhospholipidsPregnancyPulmonary SurfactantsRabbitsConceptsLung lavageCortisol administrationDays gestationFetal rabbitsUntreated fetusesLung phospholipid contentGreater gestational ageSaline-injected controlsLysolecithin acyltransferasePhospholipid contentGestational ageIntrauterine injectionLung tissueSaline injectionFetal lungMaturational effectsGestationFetusesLavageMajor surface-active componentAdministrationCorticosteroidsCholinephosphate cytidylyltransferaseSynthesis of phosphatidylcholineHormone