1980
The Influence of Hormones on the Biochemical Development of Fetal Rat Lung in Organ Culture. II. Insulin
Gross I, Walker Smith G, Wilson C, Maniscalco W, Ingleson L, Brehier A, Rooney S. The Influence of Hormones on the Biochemical Development of Fetal Rat Lung in Organ Culture. II. Insulin. Pediatric Research 1980, 14: 834-838. PMID: 6995921, DOI: 10.1203/00006450-198006000-00012.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFetal rat lungRat lungCholine incorporationSignificant decreasePhospholipid fractionInfluence of insulinEffect of insulinInfluence of hormonesPercentage of radioactivityType II cellsLung cell growthLung cell differentiationLung maturationOrgan culture systemInsulin treatmentMorphologic evidencePhospholipid radioactivityInsulinMorphologic maturationSurfactant phospholipidsGlycogen contentII cellsOrgan cultureBiochemical developmentLamellar bodiesFetal lung in organ culture. III. Comparison of dexamethasone, thyroxine, and methylxanthines
Gross I, Wilson C, Ingleson L, Brehier A, Rooney S. Fetal lung in organ culture. III. Comparison of dexamethasone, thyroxine, and methylxanthines. Journal Of Applied Physiology 1980, 48: 872-877. PMID: 7451297, DOI: 10.1152/jappl.1980.48.5.872.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFetal lungComparison of dexamethasoneLung glycogen contentSurfactant-associated phospholipidsFetal rat lungPercentage of radioactivityRat lungAminophyllineCholine-containing phospholipidsThyroxineGlycogen contentCholine incorporationLungCaffeine treatmentSignificant decreaseOrgan cultureRate of incorporationSignificant increaseLysolecithin acyltransferaseExposure of explantsCholinephosphate cytidylyltransferaseDexamethasoneDifferent effectsMembrane phospholipidsMethylxanthines
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