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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:dateCreated
1989-10-20
pubmed:abstractText
1. In fetal sheep at 113-120 days' gestation, thyroidectomy was performed and tracheal, arterial and venous catheters inserted. Following a recovery period experiments were performed from 120-145 days to measure changes in lung liquid secretion or its absorption in response to I.V. adrenaline infusion or to introduction of dibuteryl cyclic AMP into lung liquid. The results were compared with those previously obtained in non-thyroidectomized fetuses. 2. Plasma levels of thyroid hormones in non-thyroidectomized fetuses confirmed the pattern found by previous workers. In thyroidectomized fetuses the levels of thyroxine (T4), tri-iodothyronine (T3) and reverse T3 (rT3) were very low except in one fetus which showed biochemical evidence of thyroid regeneration towards the end of gestation. 3. In thyroidectomized fetuses the normal response to adrenaline infusion (diminution of reversal of lung liquid secretion) was profoundly suppressed and very little gestational maturation in this response took place, except in the one fetus with evidence of thyroid regeneration in which a normal reabsorptive response developed in late gestation. 4. In thyroidectomized fetuses, the normal response to dibuteryl cyclic AMP was greatly reduced and its increase with gestation which normally parallels that seen during adrenaline infusion did not take place.
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pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0022-3751
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
407
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
373-83
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1988
pubmed:articleTitle
The effect of thyroidectomy in the fetal sheep on lung liquid reabsorption induced by adrenaline or cyclic AMP.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Paediatrics, University College London, Rayne Institute.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't