1990
Regulation of fetal lung maturation
Gross I. Regulation of fetal lung maturation. American Journal Of Physiology 1990, 259: l337-l344. PMID: 2260669, DOI: 10.1152/ajplung.1990.259.6.l337.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSurfactant proteinsEpithelial cell developmentCell developmentRecent identificationMolecular levelGenesPhospholipid synthesisProteinHormonal regulationSpecies differencesCurrent knowledgeLung developmentRegulationCyclic monophosphateSame hormonesMaturationExpressionPrevious studiesNotable differencesHormoneMonophosphateIdentification
1979
The influence of hormones on the biochemical development of fetal rat lung in organ culture I. Estrogen
Gross I, Wilson C, Ingleson L, Brehier A, Rooney S. The influence of hormones on the biochemical development of fetal rat lung in organ culture I. Estrogen. Biochimica Et Biophysica Acta 1979, 575: 375-383. PMID: 518894, DOI: 10.1016/0005-2760(79)90106-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFetal rat lungPercentage of radioactivityEstrogen actsFetal lungRat lungPhospholipid fractionInfluence of hormonesProtein/DNA ratioEstrogen treatmentIncorporation of cholineLungGlycogen contentTotal phospholipidsOrgan cultureSignificant stimulationPulmonary surfactantBiochemical developmentIndividual phospholipidsPhosphatidylcholine synthesisSignificant changesPhospholipid synthesisPhospholipidsAbundant phospholipidDNA ratioRadioactivityInfluence of Aminophylline and Cyclic AMP on Glycogen Metabolism in Fetal Rat Lung in Organ Culture
Maniscalco W, Wilson C, Gross I. Influence of Aminophylline and Cyclic AMP on Glycogen Metabolism in Fetal Rat Lung in Organ Culture. Pediatric Research 1979, 13: 1319-1322. PMID: 230447, DOI: 10.1203/00006450-197912000-00003.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFetal rat lungRat lungCyclic AMPFetal pulmonary surfactantInfluence of aminophyllineEffect of aminophyllineGlycogen synthase I activityOrgan cultureLung phospholipid synthesisGlycogen metabolismTotal phosphorylase activityDibutyryl cyclic AMPMonophosphate phosphodiesterase inhibitorSynthase I activityPhospholipid synthesisAminophyllinePhosphodiesterase inhibitorGlycogen contentLungGlycogen breakdownCyclic AMP treatmentAMP treatmentPulmonary surfactantAMPPhosphorylase activity
1977
AMINOPHYLLINE STIMULATES PHOSPHOLIPID SYNTHESIS BY FETAL RAT LUNG IN ORGAN CULTURE
Gross I, Rooney S, Warshaw J. AMINOPHYLLINE STIMULATES PHOSPHOLIPID SYNTHESIS BY FETAL RAT LUNG IN ORGAN CULTURE. Pediatric Research 1977, 11: 571-571. DOI: 10.1203/00006450-197704000-01210.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchFetal rat lungRat lungInfluence of aminophyllineAdministration of aminophyllineOrgan cultureLung phospholipid synthesisCyclic AMPAminophylline effectsDays lungsDibutyryl cyclic AMPNonspecific stimulationLES stimulationIncorporation of cholineMM aminophyllineFetal rabbitsPhospholipid synthesisAminophyllineProtein/hourLungDay fetusesSignificant increaseF12 mediumSph synthesisStimulationExposure
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