NASA Spaceline Current Awareness List #663 4 September 2015

Papers deriving from NASA support:

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Dunmire B, Harper JD, Cunitz BW, Lee FC, Hsi R, Liu Z, Bailey MR, Sorensen MD.
Use of the acoustic shadow width to determine kidney stone size with ultrasound.
J Urol. 2015 Aug 21. [Epub ahead of print]
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26301788
PI: M.R. Bailey
Journal Impact Factor: 4.471
Funding: “Funding was provided through the National Institutes of Health (NIH) NIDDK DK43881 and DK092197, and the National Space Biomedical Research Institute (NSBRI) through NASA NCC 9-58. This material is the result of work supported by resources from the VA Puget Sound Health Care System, Seattle, Washington.”

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Straume T, Braby LA, Borak TB, Lusby T, Warner DW, Perez-Nunez D.
Compact tissue-equivalent proportional counter for deep space human missions.
Health Phys. 2015 Oct;109(4):277-83.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26313585
PIs: T. Straume, T.B. Borak
Journal Impact Factor: 1.271
Funding: “The authors acknowledge support from the National Space Biomedical Research Institute (NSBRI) through grant RE01302 at NASA Ames Research Center (T. Straume, PI) and Texas A&M University (L. Braby, Co-PI), and grant RE01301 at Colorado State University (T. Borak, PI).”

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Adams CJ, Yu JS, Mao JH, Jen KY, Costes SV, Wade M, Shoemake J, Aina OH, Del Rosario R, Menchavez PT, Cardiff RD, Wahl GM, Balmain A.
The Trp53 delta proline (Trp53?P) mouse exhibits increased genome instability and susceptibility to radiation-induced, but not spontaneous, tumor development.
Mol Carcinog. 2015 Aug 27. [Epub ahead of print]
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26310697
PIs: A. Balmain/S.V. Costes/J.H. Mao/M.H. Barcellos-Hoff/NSCOR
Journal Impact Factor: 4.808
Funding: “NASA Specialized Center for Research in Radiation Health Effects; Grant numbers: NNX09AM52G; UO1 CA84244; CA141455; Grant sponsor: The Department of Energy Low Dose Radiation Research Program; Grant number: DESC0003679; Grant sponsor: The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society Fellowship; Grant number: 5409-13.”

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Goel R, Kofman I, Jeevarajan J, De Dios Y, Cohen HS, Bloomberg JJ, Mulavara AP.
Using low levels of stochastic vestibular stimulation to improve balance function.
PLoS One. 2015 Aug 21;10(8):e0136335.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26295807
PIs: J.J. Bloomberg, A.P. Mulavara
Note: This article may be obtained online without charge.
Journal Impact Factor: 3.234
Funding: “This study was supported in part by a grant from the National Space Biomedical Research Institute through NASA NCC 9–58—SA 02801 to Jacob Bloomberg, NASA NCC 9–58—SA 02001 to Ajitkumar Mulavara and by a grant from the National Institute of Health through RO1-DC009031 to Helen Cohen.”
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Other papers of interest:

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Shiba N, Matsuse H, Takano Y, Yoshimitsu K, Omoto M, Hashida R, Tagawa Y, Inada T, Yamada S, Ohshima H.
Electrically stimulated antagonist muscle contraction increased muscle mass and bone mineral density of one astronaut – Initial verification on the International Space Station.
PLoS One. 2015 Aug 21;10(8):e0134736.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26296204
Note: ISS results. This article may be obtained online without charge.

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Ogoh S, Hirasawa A, Raven PB, Rebuffat T, Denise P, Lericollais R, Sugawara J, Normand H.
Effect of an acute increase in central blood volume on cerebral hemodynamics.
Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol. 2015 Aug 26:ajpregu.00137.2015. [Epub ahead of print]
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26310936
Note: Parabolic flight results.

3
Sun I, Voronkov YI, Ardashev VN, Glukhova SI.
[Heart rhythm variability analysis and assessment of the spinal pain syndrome during dry immersion].
Aviakosm Ekolog Med. 2015;49(3):33-7. Russian.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26292423
Note: Dry immersion was used to simulate microgravity.

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Protasova OV, Maksimova IA, Morukov BV, Protasov SV, Ushakov IB.
[Investigation of iron, zinc, stable strontium and lithium content in biological fluids and tissues during experimental space flight simulation].
Aviakosm Ekolog Med. 2015;49(3):56-60. Russian.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26292427
Note: The method of spaceflight simulation is not mentioned in the English abstract.

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Kuzichkin DS, Markin AA, Vorontsov AL, Morukov BV, Zhuravleva OA, Zabolotskaya IV, Vostrikova LV.
[Comprehensive assessment of the hemostasis system in test-subjects in experiment “Mars-500”].
Aviakosm Ekolog Med. 2015;49(3):19-24. Russian.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26292421
Note: Data are from the Mars500 Project.

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Dyachenko AI, Ermolaev ES, Shulagin YA, Goncharov AO, Suvorov AV.
[Experimental and theoretical studies of human hypercapnic ventilatory response with the use of mathematical gas exchange modeling].
Aviakosm Ekolog Med. 2015;49(3):38-43. Russian.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26292424

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Yamamoto K, Ando J.
Vascular endothelial cell membranes differentiate between stretch and shear stress through transitions in their lipid phases.
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol. 2015 Aug 21:ajpheart.00241.2015. [Epub ahead of print]
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26297225

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Vidyasekar P, Shyamsunder P, Arun R, Santhakumar R, Kapadia NK, Kumar R, Verma RS.
Genome wide expression profiling of cancer cell lines cultured in microgravity reveals significant dysregulation of cell cycle and microRNA gene networks.
PLoS One. 2015 Aug 21;10(8):e0135958.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26295583
Note: A Rotating Cell Culture System was used. This article may be obtained online without charge.

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Koslucher F, Haaland E, Malsch A, Webeler J, Stoffregen TA.
Sex differences in the incidence of motion sickness induced by linear visual oscillation.
Aerosp Med Hum Perform. 2015 Sep;86(9):787-93.
www.ingentaconnect.com/content/asma/amhp/2015/00000086/00000009/art00005

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Querido JS, Welch JF, Ayas NT, Sheel AW.
Cerebrovascular response to CO2 following 10 days of intermittent hypoxia in humans.
Aerosp Med Hum Perform. 2015 Sep;86(9):782-6.
www.ingentaconnect.com/content/asma/amhp/2015/00000086/00000009/art00004

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Yi B, Rykova M, Jäger G, Feuerecker M, Hörl M, Matzel S, Ponomarev S, Vassilieva G, Nichiporuk I, Choukèr A.
Influences of large sets of environmental exposures on immune responses in healthy adult men.
Sci Rep. 2015 Aug 26;5:13367.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26306804
Note: Data are from the Mars500 Project. This article may be obtained online without charge.

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Jang TY, Heo M-J, Jung A-Y, Kim YH.
Prolonged anti-orthostatic hind limb unloading and murine allergic asthma.
Aerosp Med Hum Perform. 2015 Sep;86(9):803-7.
www.ingentaconnect.com/content/asma/amhp/2015/00000086/00000009/art00007
Note: Hindlimb unloading was used.

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Shenkman BS, Belova SP, Lomonosova YN, Kostrominova TY, Nemirovskaya TL.
Calpain-dependent regulation of the skeletal muscle atrophy following unloading.
Arch Biochem Biophys. 2015 Aug 18. [Epub ahead of print]
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26297661
Note: Hindlimb unloading was used.

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Ryder DJ, Judge SM, Beharry AW, Farnsworth CL, Silva JC, Judge AR.
Identification of the acetylation and ubiquitin-modified proteome during the progression of skeletal muscle atrophy.
PLoS One. 2015 Auf 24;10(8):e0136247.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26302492
Note: Cast immobilization was used. This article may be obtained online without charge.

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Miyachi R, Yamazaki T.
Effects of static interventions on disuse atrophy of the rat soleus muscle at different sites along its longitudinal axis.
J Phys Ther Sci. 2015 Jul;27(7):2317-21. Epub 2015 Jul 22.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26311973
Note: Hindlimb unloading was used. This article may be obtained online without charge.

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Pereira AF, Javaheri B, Pitsillides AA, Shefelbine SJ.
Predicting cortical bone adaptation to axial loading in the mouse tibia.
J R Soc Interface. 2015 Sep 6;12(110).
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26311315
Note: This article may be obtained online without charge.

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Klein GL, Castro SM, Garofalo RP.
The calcium-sensing receptor as a mediator of inflammation.
Semin Cell Dev Biol. 2015 Aug 21. [Epub ahead of print]
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26303192

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Vorozhtsova SV, Bulynina TM, Molokanov AG, Ivanov AA.
[Cysteamine-induced modification of cytogenetic damages to the corneal epithelium of mice exposed to corpuscular radiation with varying linear transfer energies].
Aviakosm Ekolog Med. 2015;49(3):44-50. Russian.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26292425

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Northum JD, Guetersloh SB, Braby LA, Ford JR.
Simulated response of a tissue-equivalent proportional counter on the surface of Mars.
Health Phys. 2015 Oct;109(4):284-95.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26313586
Note: While not funded by NASA, this work is a spinoff of previous NASA-funded work by L.A. Braby and others.

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Mitrikas VG.
[Estimation of ionizing radiation effective doses in the International Space Station crews by the method of calculation modeling].
Aviakosm Ekolog Med. 2015;49(3):5-11. Russian.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26292419

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Ivanov AA, Dorozhkina OV, Lyakhova KN, Bulynina TM, Abrosimova AN, Severyukhin YS, Gaevsky VN, Molokanov AG, Ushakov IB, Krasavin EA.
[Immediate radiobiological effects in mice following gamma-irradiation by low doses].
Aviakosm Ekolog Med. 2015;49(3):12-8. Russian.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26292420

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Herr L, Shuryak I, Friedrich T, Scholz M, Durante M, Brenner DJ.
New insight into quantitative modeling of DNA double-strand break rejoining.
Radiat Res. 2015 Aug 25. [Epub ahead of print]
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26305293

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Kuznetsova GD, Gabova AV, Lazarev IE, Obukhov YV, Obukhov KY, Morozov AA, Kulikov MA, Shchatskova AB, Vasilieva ON, Tomilovskaya ES.
[Frequency-temporal structure of human electroencephalogram in the condition of artificial hypogravity: Dry immersion model].
Aviakosm Ekolog Med. 2015;49(3):25-32. Russian.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26292422
Note: Dry immersion was used to simulate microgravity.

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Pashchenko PS, Risman BV.
[Morphological aspects of changes in the spinal gray matter due to g-loads in experiment].
Aviakosm Ekolog Med. 2015;49(3):51-5. Russian.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26292426

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Tamada Y, Seno T.
Roles of size, position, and speed of stimulus in vection with stimuli projected on a ground surface.
Aerosp Med Hum Perform. 2015 Sep;86(9):794-802.
www.ingentaconnect.com/content/asma/amhp/2015/00000086/00000009/art00006

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Wang Y, Wu R.
Time effects, displacement, and leadership roles on a lunar space station analogue.
Aerosp Med Hum Perform. 2015 Sep;86(9):819-23.
www.ingentaconnect.com/content/asma/amhp/2015/00000086/00000009/art00010
Note: The Lunar Palace 1 bioregenerative life support system was used.

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Löfke C, Scheuring D, Dunser K, Schöller M, Luschnig C, Kleine-Vehn J.
Tricho- and atrichoblast cell files show distinct PIN2 auxin efflux carrier exploitations and are jointly required for defined auxin-dependent root organ growth.
J Exp Bot. 2015 Aug;66(16):5103-12. Epub 2015 Jun 3.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26041320
Note: This article may be obtained online without charge.

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Kasprzewska A, Carter R, Swarup R, Bennett M, Monk N, Hobbs JK, Fleming A.
Auxin influx importers modulate serration along the leaf margin.
Plant J. 2015 Aug;83(4):705-18. Epub 2015 Jul 27.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26111009
Note: This article may be obtained online without charge.

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Silva-Navas J, Moreno-Risueno MA, Manzano C, Pallero-Baena M, Navarro-Neila S, Téllez-Robledo B, Garcia-Mina JM, Baigorri R, Javier Gallego F, Del Pozo JC.
D-Root: A system to cultivate plants with the root in darkness or under different light conditions.
Plant J. 2015 Aug 27. [Epub ahead of print]
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26312572

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Harapanahalli AK, Younes JA, Allan E, van der Mei HC, Busscher HJ.
Chemical signals and mechanosensing in bacterial responses to their environment.
PLoS Pathog. 2015 Aug 27;11(8):e1005057.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26313357
Note: This article may be obtained online without charge.

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Wong JY.
Ultra-portable solar-powered 3D printers for onsite manufacturing of medical resources.
Aerosp Med Hum Perform. 2015 Sep;86(9):830-4.
www.ingentaconnect.com/content/asma/amhp/2015/00000086/00000009/art00012