Pulmonary surfactant is essential for life and is composed of a complex lipoprotein-like
mixture that lines the inner surface of the lung to prevent alveolar collapse at the end of …

BACKGROUND: Thyroid hormone signaling is critical for development, growth and
metabolic control in vertebrates. Although serum concentration of thyroid hormone is …

Normal fetal lung development is a complex process influenced by mechanical and many
biochemical factors. In addition to ultrasound, fetal magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) …

The only known mechanism of toxicity for perchlorate is interference with iodide uptake at
the sodium-iodide symporter (NIS). The NIS translocates iodide across basolateral …

Thyroid hormones regulate growth by several mechanisms. In addition to their negative
feedback effect on the stimulatory hormones thyrotropin-releasing hormone (TRH) and …

Mutations in Prophet of PIT1 (Prop1), one of several homeodomain transcription factors that
are required for the development of the anterior pituitary gland, are the predominant cause …

Thyroid hormone (TH) signalling is a key modulator of fundamental biological processes that
has been evolutionarily conserved in both vertebrate and invertebrate species. TH may have …

In this study, we demonstrate that BMSCs (bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells) can be
successfully differentiated into type II alveolar epithelial cells in vitro under mimic pulmonary …

Neuregulins play a critical role in the developing heart, nervous, and mammary systems.
Neuregulin-1–induced cardiac, neuronal, and mammary differentiation is based on a cell …

Maternal hypothyroxinemia during early pregnancy poses an increased risk for poor
neuropsychological development of the fetus. We tested the hypothesis that maternal …