NASA Spaceline 27 January 2006 Current Space Life Science Awareness

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1. Rahman MA, Gedevanishvili A, Birnbaum Y, Sarmiento L, Sattam W, Kulecz WB, Schlegel TT.
   High-frequency QRS electrocardiogram predicts perfusion defects during myocardial perfusion imaging.
   J Electrocardiol. 2006 Jan;39(1):73-81. Epub 2005 Nov 28.
   (HSR&T PI: T.T. Schlegel)
   
2. Lee HD, Finni T, Hodgson JA, Lai AM, Edgerton VR, Sinha S.
   Soleus aponeurosis strain distribution following chronic unloading in humans-an in vivo MR phase-contrast study.
   J Appl Physiol. 2006 Jan 19; [Epub ahead of print]
   (HSR&T PI: S. Sinha)
   
3. Ko M, Lao XY, Kapadia R, Elmore E, Redpath JL.
   Neoplastic transformation in vitro by low doses of ionizing radiation: Role of adaptive response and bystander effects.
   Mutat Res. 2006 Jan 12; [Epub ahead of print]
   (HSR&T PI: J.L. Redpath)
   Note:
   This journal contains a number of January epubs on the topics of the bystander effect and genomic instability. The papers may appear together in a print issue to follow. They can be viewed by typing in ?mutat res? in the PubMed entry box and scrolling to find them.
   
   
4. Barcellos-Hoff MH, Costes SV.
   A systems biology approach to multicellular and multi-generational radiation responses.
   Mutat Res. 2006 Jan 14; [Epub ahead of print]
   (HSR&T PI: M.H. Barcellos-Hoff)
   
5. Yoshikawa T, Yamazaki S, Menaker M.
   Effects of preparation time on phase of cultured tissues reveal complexity of circadian organization.
   J Biol Rhythms. 2005 Dec;20(6):500-12.
   (HSR&T PI: M. Menaker)
   
6. Kiss JZ.
   Up, down, and all around: How plants sense and respond to environmental stimuli.
   Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2006 Jan 24;103(4):829-30. Epub 2006 Jan 17.
   (HSR&T PI: J.Z. Kiss)
   Note:
   This is a commentary on evidence linking circumnutation and gravitropism, including a recent paper and an earlier space flight paper (PMIDs 16339910 11537478) reporting results on this topic.
   
   
7. Wilson JW, Nickerson CA.
   A new experimental approach for studying bacterial genomic island evolution identifies island genes with bacterial host-specific expression patterns.
   BMC Evol Biol. 2006 Jan 5;6(1):2 [Epub ahead of print]
   (HSR&T PI: C.A. Nickerson)
   Note:
   This paper can be obtained online without charge.
   
   
8. Kumar R, Dutt K.
   Enhanced neurotrophin synthesis and molecular differentiation in non-transformed human retinal progenitor cells cultured in a rotating bioreactor.
   Tissue Eng. 2006 Jan 1; [Epub ahead of print]
   Note:
   This paper can currently be obtained online without charge.
   
   

Other papers of interest:

1. Guo H, Tierney N, Schaller F, Raven PB, Smith SA, Shi X.
   Cerebral autoregulation is preserved during orthostatic stress superimposed with systemic hypotension.
   J Appl Physiol. 2006 Jan 19; [Epub ahead of print]
   
2. Tabara Y, Tachibana-Iimori R, Yamamoto M, Abe M, Kondo I, Miki T, Kohara K.
   Hypotension associated with prone body position: a possible overlooked postural hypotension.
   Hypertens Res. 2005 Sep;28(9):741-6.
   
3. Ohshima H.
   [Bone loss and bone metabolism in astronauts during long-duration space flight.]
   Clin Calcium. 2006 Jan;16(1):81-5. Japanese.
   
4. Bankier AA, Storey P, Mai VM, Edelman RR, Chen Q.
   Gravity-dependent signal gradients on MR images of the lung in supine and prone positions: A comparison with isogravitational signal variability.
   J Magn Reson Imaging. 2006 Feb;23(2):115-22. Epub 2006 Jan 6.
   
5. Froese AB.
   Gravity, the belly, and the diaphragm: you can’t ignore physics.
   Anesthesiology. 2006 Jan;104(1):193-6.
   Note:
   This paper can be obtained online without charge.
   
   
6. Cheung B, Hofer K.
   Desensitization to strong vestibular stimuli improves tolerance to simulated aircraft motion.
   Aviat Space Environ Med. 2005 Dec;76(12):1099-104.
   
7. Carter D, Pokroy R, Grossman A, Azaria B, Goldstein L.
   Head-up tilt test for recurrent syncope in pilots.
   Aviat Space Environ Med. 2005 Dec;76(12):1167-9.
   
8. Meng H, Angelaki DE.
   Neural correlates of the dependence of compensatory eye movements during translation on target distance and eccentricity.
   J Neurophysiol. 2006 Jan 11; [Epub ahead of print]
   
9. Forest L, Padilla F, Martinez S, Demongeot J, San Martin J.
   Modelling of auxin transport affected by gravity and differential radial growth.
   J Theor Biol. 2006 Jan 3; [Epub ahead of print]
   
10. Haswell ES, Meyerowitz EM.
    MscS-like proteins control plastid size and shape in Arabidopsis thaliana.
    Curr Biol. 2006 Jan 10;16(1):1-11.
    
11. Mondrinos MJ, Koutzaki S, Jiwanmall E, Li M, Dechadarevian JP, Lelkes PI, Finck CM.
    Engineering three-dimensional pulmonary tissue constructs.
    Tissue Eng. 2005 Dec 1; [Epub ahead of print]
    Note:
    Some of the experiments reported in this paper used rotating wall vessel bioreactors. This paper can currently be obtained online without charge.
    
    
12. Two cultures.
    Science. 2006 Jan 20;311(5759):333.
    Note:
    How will an ex-astronaut do on Survivor? (Begins February 2 on CBS).