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 ratioRadioactivity
1977
Aminophylline stimulates the incorporation of choline into phospholipid in explants of fetal rat lung in organ culture
Gross I, Rooney S. Aminophylline stimulates the incorporation of choline into phospholipid in explants of fetal rat lung in organ culture. Biochimica Et Biophysica Acta 1977, 488: 263-269. PMID: 196659, DOI: 10.1016/0005-2760(77)90183-7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFetal rat lungRat lungCholine incorporationIncorporation of cholineCyclic AMPCyclic AMP phosphodiesterase inhibitorDirect stimulatory effectOrgan cultureF12 mediumAminophylline treatmentDibutyryl cyclic AMPMM aminophyllinePhosphodiesterase inhibitorAminophyllineLungStimulatory effectSimilar changesAMPStimulationDirect effectSmall increaseCholine kinaseCholineExposurePhospholipids