NASA Spaceline Current Awareness List #796 27 April 2018 (Space Life Science Research Results)
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Papers deriving from NASA support:
1
Gupta P, Bigley AB, Markofski M, Laughlin M, LaVoy EC.
Autologous serum collected 1h post-exercise enhances natural killer cell cytotoxicity.
Brain Behav Immun. 2018 Apr 12. [Epub ahead of print]
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/
PI:
R. Simpson; A. Bigley, NSBRI Postdoctoral Fellowship Program
Journal Impact Factor: 5.964
Funding:
“This work was supported in part by NNJ14ZSA001N-MIXEDTOPICS grant from
the National
Aeronautical and Space Administration, NASA NCC9-58 grant from National
Space Biomedical Research institute and, NIH R21 CA197527-01A1.”
2
Zea L, Nisar Z, Rubin P, Cortesão M, Luo J, McBride SA, Moeller R, Klaus D, Müller D, Varanasi KK, Muecklich F, Stodieck L.
Design of a spaceflight biofilm experiment.
Acta Astronaut. 2018 Apr 23. [Article in Press]
https://www.sciencedirect.com/
PI: L. Zea
Note:
The paper was presented at the 68th International Astronautical Congress, Adelaide, Australia, September 25-29, 2017.
Journal Impact Factor:
1.536
Funding:
“This
material is based upon work supported by the National Aeronautics and
Space Administration under Grant No. 80NSSC17K0036. The work performed
in the Moeller laboratory is supported
by a grant from the German Aerospace Center (DLR grant DLR-FuWProjekt
ISS LIFE, Programm RF-FuW, Teilprogramm 475). SAM gratefully
acknowledges that this work was supported by the National Science
Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program under Grant
No.1122374.”
3
Hamarat
Y, Bartusis L, Deimantavicius M, Siaudvytyte L, Januleviciene I,
Ragauskas A, Bershad EM, Fandino J, Kienzler J, Remonda E, Matijosaitis
V, Rastenyte D, Petrikonis
K, Berskiene K, Zakelis R.
Graphical and statistical analyses of the oculocardiac reflex during a non-invasive intracranial pressure measurement.
PLoS One. 2018 Apr 19;13(4):e0196155.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/
PI: E.M. Bershad
Note: This article may be obtained online without charge.
Journal Impact Factor:
2.806
Funding:
“AR, LB, MD and RZ have received financial support from Vittamed
Neuroscience (Waltham,
MA, USA). AR, RZ, VM, DR and KP have received financial support from
European Commission’s Seventh Framework Programme project ‘BrainSafe’
(grant no. 232545). LB, AR, JF, JK, ER, VM and RZ have received
financial support from Lithuanian-Swiss Programme project
‘BrainCare’ (grant no. CH-3SMM-01/06). LB, LS and IJ have received
financial support from European Social Fund under the Global Grant
measure (grant no. VP1-3.1-SMM-07-K-03-080). EB has received financial
support from National Space Biomedical Research Institute
via NASA NCC9-58, and Center for Space Medicine, Baylor College of
Medicine.”
4
Zhang ZK, Guo X, Lao J, Qin YX.
Effect
of capsaicin-sensitive sensory neurons on bone architecture and
mechanical properties in the rat hindlimb suspension model.
J Orthop Translat. 2017 Jul;10:12-7.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/
PI: Y.X. Qin
Note: Hindlimb unloading study. This article may be obtained online without charge.
Journal Impact Factor:
Not available for this journal
Funding:
“This
study has been kindly supported by the National Institute of Health
(AR49286, AR52379, and AR61821), the National Space Biomedical Research
Institute through NASA Cooperative
Agreement NCC 9-58 (SMST01603), NYSTAR, and Hong Kong Polytechnic
University (G-YBBL) Study Abroad Program.”
5
Koturbash I.
2017
Michael Fry Award Lecture. When DNA is actually not a target: Radiation
epigenetics as a tool to understand and control cellular response to
ionizing radiation.
Radiat Res. 2018 Apr 26. [Epub ahead of print]
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/
PIs: M. Boerma/I. Koturbash/NSBRI Center for Research on Cardiac, Vascular, and Acute Effects
of Space Radiation
Journal Impact Factor:
2.539
Funding:
“The work presented in this lecture was generously supported by an
Institutional
Development Award (IDeA) from the National Institute of General Medical
Sciences of the National Institutes of Health under grant no.
1P20GM109005; Clinical and Translational Science Awards UL1TR000039 and
KL2TR000063; the National Space Biomedical Research
Institute (RE03701 through NCC 9-58); and the Arkansas Biosciences
Institute.”
6
Patel R, Qing Y, Kennedy L, Yan Y, Pink J, Aguila B, Desai A, Gerson SL, Welford SM.
MMR deficiency does not sensitize or compromise the function of hematopoietic stem cells to low and high LET radiation.
Stem Cells Transl Med. 2018 Apr 14. [Epub ahead of print]
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/
PI:
S.L. Gerson
Note: This article may be obtained online without charge.
Journal Impact Factor: 4.000
Funding: “This study was supported by NASA NNX14AC95G, and the Cytometry & Microscopy and
Radiation Resources Shared Resources of the Case Comprehensive Cancer Center (P30CA043703).”
7
Yun
S, Reynolds RP, Petrof I, White A, Rivera PD, Segev A, Gibson AD,
Suarez M, DeSalle MJ, Ito N, Mukherjee S, Richardson DR, Kang CE,
Ahrens-Nicklas RC, Soler I, Chetkovich
DM, Kourrich S, Coulter DA, Eisch AJ.
Stimulation of entorhinal cortex-dentate gyrus circuitry is antidepressive.
Nat Med. 2018 Apr 16. [Epub ahead of print]
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/
PIs: A.J. Eisch, B.P. Chen
Journal Impact Factor: 29.886
Funding:
“This work was supported by grants from the National Institutes of
Health to A.J.E.
(DA023701, DA023555, MH107945) and D.M.C. (NS059934, MH104471), the
National Aeronautics and Space Administration to A.J.E. (NNX07AP84G,
NNX12AB55G, NNX15AE09G) and an Independent Investigator Award from the
National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia
and Depression/Brain and Behavior Foundation to A.J.E. S.Y. was funded
by a National Institute of Mental Health Basic Science Institutional
NRSA Training Grant (Training Program in the Neurobiology of Mental
Illness,T32-MH076690, principal investigator: C.
A. Tamminga). P.D.R. was funded by National Institute on Drug Abuse
NRSA Institutional Training Grant (Basic Science Training Program in the
Drug Abuse Research, T32-DA007290, principal investigator: A. J.
Eisch).”
8
Galvan-Garza RC, Clark TK, Mulavara AP, Oman CM.
Exhibition of stochastic resonance in vestibular tilt motion perception.
Brain Stimul. 2018 Apr 3. [Epub ahead of print]
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/
PI: T.K. Clark/NSBRI Postdoctoral Fellowship Program
Journal Impact Factor: 6.078
Funding:
“This
study was supported by a NASA Space Technology Research Fellowship
Grant # NNZ13AM68H and Universities Space Research Association (R.C.
Galvan-Garza), and the National Space
Biomedical Research Institute (NSBRI) Grant NCC9-58 (T.K. Clark).”
9
Temple DR, De Dios YE, Layne CS, Bloomberg JJ, Mulavara AP.
Efficacy
of stochastic vestibular stimulation to improve locomotor performance
during adaptation to visuomotor and somatosensory distortion.
Front Physiol. 2018 Mar 29;9:301.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/
PI:
A.P Mulavara
Note: This article may be obtained online without charge.
Journal Impact Factor:
Not available for this journal
Funding:
“This study was supported in part by a NASA-JSC Space Life Sciences
Scholarship
offered through the Department of Health and Human Performance at the
University of Houston and the National Space Biomedical Research
Institute through NASA NCC 9-58.”
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Other papers of interest:
1
Collado A, Hainaut JP, Monfort V, Bolmont B.
Sensation seeking and adaptation in parabonauts.
Front Psychol. 2018 Mar 9;9:296.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/
Note: Parabolic flight results. This article may be obtained online without charge.
2
Ng J, Wingo JE, Bishop PA, Casey JC, Aldrich EK.
Ice slurry ingestion and physiological strain during exercise in non-compensable heat stress.
Aerosp Med Hum Perform. 2018 May;89(5):434-41.
https://www.ingentaconnect.
3
Mogul
R, Barding GA Jr, Lalla S, Lee S, Madrid S, Baki R, Ahmed M, Brasali H,
Cepeda I, Gornick T, Gunadi S, Hearn N, Jain C, Kim EJ, Nguyen T,
Nguyen VB, Oei A, Perkins
N, Rodriguez J, Rodriguez V, Savla G, Schmitz M, Tedjakesuma N, Walker
J.
Metabolism and biodegradation of spacecraft cleaning reagents by strains of spacecraft-associated
Acinetobacter.
Astrobiology. 2018 Apr 19. [Epub ahead of print]
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/
Note: This article may be obtained online without charge.
4
Dirks ML, Stephens FB, Jackman SR, Gordo JG, Machin D, Pulsford RM, van Loon LJ, Wall BT.
A single day of bed rest, irrespective of energy balance, does not affect skeletal muscle gene expression or insulin sensitivity.
Exp Physiol. 2018 Apr 15. [Epub ahead of print]
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/
Note: Bed rest study.
5
Macefield VG, Knellwolf TP.
Functional properties of human muscle spindles.
J Neurophysiol. 2018 Apr 18. [Epub ahead of print] Review.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/
6
Salvadego D, Keramidas ME, Kolegard R, Brocca L, Lazzer S, Mavelli I, Rittweger J, Eiken O, Mekjavic IB, Grassi B.
PlanHab: Hypoxia does not worsen the impairment of skeletal muscle oxidative function induced by bed rest alone.
J Physiol. 2018 Apr 17. [Epub ahead of print]
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/
Note: Bed rest study. The study was part of the European Space Agency’s PlanHab simulation
project. This article may be obtained online without charge.
7
Albiol L, Cilla M, Pflanz D, Kramer I, Kneissel M, Duda GN, Willie BM, Checa S.
Sost deficiency leads to reduced mechanical strains at the tibia midshaft in strain-matched
in vivo loading experiments in mice.
J R Soc Interface. 2018 Apr;15(141):20180012.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/
Note: Compression loading was used.
8
Ashcraft KA, Choudhury KR, Birer SR, Hendargo HC, Patel P, Eichenbaum G, Dewhirst MW.
Application
of a novel murine ear vein model to evaluate the effects of a vascular
radioprotectant on radiation-induced vascular permeability and leukocyte
adhesion.
Radiat Res. 2018 Apr 19. [Epub ahead of print]
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/
9
Barber J, Shieh CC, Counter W, Sykes JR, Bennett P, Ahern V, Corde S, Heng SM, White P, Jackson M, Liu P, Keall PJ, Feain I.
A CBCT study of the gravity-induced movement in rotating rabbits.
Phys Med Biol. 2018 Apr 18. [Epub ahead of print]
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/
Note:
Rotation was used.
10
Lisowska H, Cheng L, Sollazzo A, Lundholm L, Wegierek-Ciuk A, Sommer S, Lankoff A, Wojcik A.
Hypothermia modulates the DNA damage response to ionising radiation in human peripheral blood lymphocytes.
Int J Radiat Biol. 2018 Apr 18. [Epub ahead of print]
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/
11
López-Furelos A, Salas-Sanchez A, Ares-Pena FJ, Leiro-Vidal J, López-Martin E.
Exposure to radiation from single or combined radio frequencies provokes macrophage dysfunction in the RAW 264.7 cell line.
Int J Radiat Biol. 2018 Apr 16. [Epub ahead of print]
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/
12
Almon AJ.
Developing predictive models: Individual and group breakdowns in long-term space travel.
Acta Astronaut. 2018 Apr 23. [Article in Press]
https://www.sciencedirect.com/
Note: The paper was presented at 10th IAA Symposium on the Future of Space Exploration:
Towards the Moon Village and Beyond, Torino, Italy, June 27-29, 2017.
13
Mirinejad H, Jayakumar P, Ersal T.
Modeling human steering behavior during path following in teleoperation of unmanned ground vehicles.
Hum Factors. 2018 Apr 1. [Epub ahead of print]
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/
14
Altena E, Daviaux Y, Sanz-Arigita E, Bonhomme E, de Sevin E, Micoulaud-Franchi JA, Bioulac S, Philip P.
How sleep problems contribute to simulator sickness: Preliminary results from a realistic driving scenario.
J Sleep Res. 2018 Apr 17. [Epub ahead of print]
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/
15
Jacquot L, Millot J-L, Paillard AC.
Assessment of olfactory perception in individuals with motion sickness.
Aerosp Med Hum Perform. 2018 May;89(5):428-33.
https://www.ingentaconnect.
16
Ruiz Rosquete M, Waidmann S, Kleine-Vehn J.
PIN7 auxin carrier has a preferential role in terminating radial root expansion in
Arabidopsis thaliana.
Int J Mol Sci. 2018 Apr 19;19(4):E1238.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/
Note:
This article may be obtained online without charge.
17
Kielbassa AM, Müller JAG.
Hypobaric conditions and retention of dental crowns luted with manually or automixed dental cements.
Aerosp Med Hum Perform. 2018 May;89(5):446-52.
https://www.ingentaconnect.
18
Marboe I.
Living in the Moon Village – Ethical and legal questions.
Acta Astronaut. 2018 Apr 21. [Article in Press]
http://www.sciencedirect.com/
