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 ratioRadioactivity