2001
Is there a role for antenatal TRH therapy for the prevention of neonatal lung disease?
Gross I, Moya F. Is there a role for antenatal TRH therapy for the prevention of neonatal lung disease? Seminars In Perinatology 2001, 25: 406-416. PMID: 11778911, DOI: 10.1053/sper.2001.29032.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAntenatal thyrotropin-releasing hormoneThyrotropin-releasing hormoneRespiratory distress syndromeSurfactant therapyDistress syndromeOxygen dependencyAntenatal glucocorticoid treatmentLight-headed feelingPatent ductus arteriosusRetinopathy of prematurityNeonatal lung diseaseRandomized clinical trialsPituitary-thyroid axisAddition of TRHAntenatal glucocorticoidsGlucocorticoid therapyMaternal therapyNeonatal complicationsTransient complicationsTRH therapyHormone therapyBlood pressureDuctus arteriosusGlucocorticoid treatmentLung disease
1988
Activities of enzymes of phospholipid and fatty acid synthesis in fetal and adult rat type II pneumocytes
Kresch M, Smart D, Wilson C, Gross I, Rooney S. Activities of enzymes of phospholipid and fatty acid synthesis in fetal and adult rat type II pneumocytes. Biochimica Et Biophysica Acta 1988, 962: 173-177. PMID: 2844273, DOI: 10.1016/0005-2760(88)90156-7.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
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
1976
The influence of postnatal nutritional deprivation on the phospholipid content of developing rat lung
Gross I, Ilic I, Wilson C, Rooney S. The influence of postnatal nutritional deprivation on the phospholipid content of developing rat lung. Biochimica Et Biophysica Acta 1976, 441: 412-422. PMID: 9987, DOI: 10.1016/0005-2760(76)90238-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLung cell numberLung lavage phospholipidPostnatal nutritional deprivationTotal phospholipidsStandard rat chowLung protein contentPhosphatidylcholine contentRole of nutritionLung phospholipid synthesisFat-fed animalsLung surfactant productionLavage phospholipidsGlucose-fed groupRat chowLung lavageLung tissueDietary regimensMicrosomal fatty acid elongationRat lungLung proteinFasted animalsProtein dietLungNutritional deprivationAcetyl-CoA carboxylase