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
1975
Stimulation of glycerolphosphate phosphatidyltransferase activity in fetal rabbit lung by cortisol administration
Rooney S, Gross I, Gassenheimer L, Motoyama E. Stimulation of glycerolphosphate phosphatidyltransferase activity in fetal rabbit lung by cortisol administration. Biochimica Et Biophysica Acta 1975, 398: 433-441. PMID: 1242106, DOI: 10.1016/0005-2760(75)90194-0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAdministration of cortisolFetal rabbit lungLysolecithin acyltransferase activityLung maturationLiver enzymesDays gestationFetal rabbitsThyroxine treatmentGestation resultsCortisol administrationRabbit lungsCortisol treatmentDirect administrationAdministrationPulmonary surfactantSurfactant productionSignificant increaseGestationCholine phosphotransferaseAcyltransferase activityTreatmentCorticosteroidsPrevious studiesLungFetusesThe 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