Status Report

NASA Spaceline 7 March 2008 Current Space Life Science Awareness

By SpaceRef Editor
March 26, 2008
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The abstract in PubMed or at the publisher’s site is linked when available and will open in a new window.

  1. Peterson JB, Prisk GK, Darquenne C.
    Aerosol deposition in the human lung periphery is increased by reduced-density gas breathing.
    J Aerosol Med. 2008 Feb 25; [Epub ahead of print]
    (PI: G.K. Prisk)

  2. Jin JP, Zhang Z, Bautista JA.
    Isoform diversity, regulation, and functional adaptation of troponin and calponin.
    Crit Rev Eukaryot Gene Expr. 2008;18(2):93-124.
    (PI: J.P. Jin)

  3. Little T, Butler BD.
    Pharmacological intervention to the inflammatory response from decompression sickness in rats.
    Aviat Space Environ Med. 2008 Feb;79(2):87-93.
    (PI: B.D. Butler)

  4. Stowe RP, Yetman DL, Storm WF, Sams CF, Pierson DL.
    Neuroendocrine and immune responses to 16-day bed rest with realistic launch and landing G profiles.
    Aviat Space Environ Med. 2008 Feb;79(2):117-22.
    (PI: R.P. Stowe)

  5. Gridley DS, Coutrakon GB, Rizvi A, Bayeta EJ, Luo-Owen X, Makinde AY, Baqai F, Koss P, Slater JM, Pecaut MJ.
    Low-dose photons modify liver response to simulated solar particle event protons.
    Radiat Res. 2008 Mar;169(3):280-7.

  6. Elmore E, Lao XY, Kapadia R, Giedzinski E, Limoli C, Redpath JL.
    Low doses of very low-dose-rate low-LET radiation suppress radiation-induced neoplastic transformation in vitro and induce an adaptive response.
    Radiat Res. 2008 Mar;169(3):311-8.
    (PI: J.L. Redpath)

  7. Ronca AE, Fritzsch B, Bruce LL, Alberts JR.
    Orbital spaceflight during pregnancy shapes function of mammalian vestibular system.
    Behav Neurosci. 2008 Feb;122(1):224-32.
    (PIs: A.E. Ronca, B. Fritzsch, J.R. Alberts)
    Note:
    STS-66 and STS-70 results.

Other papers of interest:

  1. Ryan KL, Cooke WH, Rickards CA, Lurie KG, Convertino VA.
    Breathing through an inspiratory threshold device improves stroke volume during central hypovolemia in humans.
    J Appl Physiol. 2008 Feb 28; [Epub ahead of print]

  2. Pišot R, Narici MV, Simunic B, De Boer M, Seynnes O, Jurdana M, Biolo G, Mekjavic IB.
    Whole muscle contractile parameters and thickness loss during 35-day bed rest.
    Eur J Appl Physiol. 2008 Feb 23; [Epub ahead of print]
    Note:
    This bedrest study took place in Slovenia.

  3. Pollok R, Heneghan P, Riches PE.
    Under-arm partial body weight unloading causes spinal elongation and vibration attenuation during treadmill walking.
    Gait Posture. 2008 Feb 25; [Epub ahead of print]

  4. Takeda S, Karsenty G.
    Molecular bases of the sympathetic regulation of bone mass.
    Bone. 2008 Jan 26; [Epub ahead of print]

  5. Nauli SM, Kawanabe Y, Kaminski JJ, Pearce WJ, Ingber DE, Zhou J.
    Endothelial cilia are fluid shear sensors that regulate calcium signaling and nitric oxide production through polycystin-1.
    Circulation. 2008 Mar 4;117(9):1161-71. Epub 2008 Feb 19.
    Note:
    This paper was discussed in an editorial entitled: “Deciphering the endothelial shear stress sensor.”

  6. Szumiel I.
    Intrinsic radiation sensitivity: Cellular signaling is the key.
    Radiat Res. 2008 Mar;169(3):249-58.

  7. Duan X, Zhang H, Liu B, Li XD, Gao QX, Wu ZH.
    Apoptosis of murine melanoma cells induced by heavy-ion radiation combined with Tp53 gene transfer.
    Int J Radiat Biol. 2008 Mar;84(3):211-7.

  8. Moyers MF, Benton ER, Ghebremedhin A, Coutrakon G.
    Leakage and scatter radiation from a double scattering based proton beamline.
    Med Phys. 2008 Jan;35(1):128-44.

  9. Gao Y, Goswami N, Grasser E, Rössler A, Stöger E, Schwaberger G, Hinghofer-Szalkay HG.
    Radix astragali and orthostatic response: A double-masked crossover study.
    Aviat Space Environ Med. 2008 Feb;79(2):94-8.

  10. Gresty MA, Golding JF, Le H, Nightingale K.
    Cognitive impairment by spatial disorientation.
    Aviat Space Environ Med. 2008 Feb;79(2):105-11.

  11. Schubert MC, Migliaccio AA, Clendaniel RA, Allak A, Carey JP.
    Mechanism of dynamic visual acuity recovery with vestibular rehabilitation.
    Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2008 Mar;89(3):500-7.

  12. Kaneko T, Sasaki S, Umemoto Y, Kojima Y, Ikeuchi T, Kohri K.
    Simulated conditions of microgravity increases progesterone production in I-10 cells of Leydig tumor cell line.
    Int J Urol. 2008 Mar;15(3):245-50.

  13. Zhang Y, Zhu Y, Peng Y, Yan D, Li Q, Wang J, Wang L, He Z.
    Gibberellin homeostasis and plant height control by EUI and a role for gibberellin in root gravity responses in rice.
    Cell Res. 2008 Mar;18(3):412-21.

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