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NASA Spaceline Current Awareness List #821 25 October 2018 (Space Life Science Research Results)

By SpaceRef Editor
October 25, 2018
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Papers deriving from NASA support:

 

1

Conkin J, Sanders RW, Koslovsky MD, Wear ML, Kozminski AG, Abercromby AFJ.

A systematic review and meta-analysis of decompression sickness in altitude physiological training.

Aerosp Med Hum Perform. 2018 Nov;89(11):941-51.

https://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/asma/amhp/2018/00000089/00000011/art00003

Journal Impact Factor: 0.899

Funding: “This work was made possible through the Human Health and Performance Contract (NNJ15HK11B) between the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and KBRwyle. Funding for this research was provided by the NASA Human Research Program.”

 

2

Ray S, Gebre S, Fogle H, Berrios DC, Tran PB, Galazka JM, Costes SV.

GeneLab: Omics database for spaceflight experiments.

Bioinformatics. 2018 Oct 17. [Epub ahead of print]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30329036

Note: NASA’s GeneLab is available at https://genelab.nasa.gov/. This article may be obtained online without charge.

Journal Impact Factor: 5.481

Funding: “Research funding was provided by the GeneLab Project at NASA Ames Research Center, through NASA’s Space Biology Program in the Division of Space Life and Physical Sciences Research and Applications (SLPSRA).”

 

3

Li X, Sun Y, Zhou Z, Zhang D, Jiao J, Hu M, Hassan CR, Qin YX.

Mitigation of articular cartilage degeneration and subchondral bone sclerosis in osteoarthritis progression using low-intensity ultrasound stimulation.

Ultrasound Med Biol. 2018 Oct 12. [Epub ahead of print]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30322672

PI: Y.X. Qin

Note: Hindlimb unloading study.

Journal Impact Factor: 2.645

Funding: “This work is kindly supported by the National Institutes of Health (R01AR52379 and R01AR61821) and the National Space Biomedical Research Institute through NASA Contract NCC9-58.”

 

4

Sridharan DM, Enerio S, Wang C, LaBarge MA, Stampfer MR, Pluth JM.

Genetic variation and radiation quality impact cancer promoting cellular phenotypes in response to HZE exposure.

Life Sci Space Res. 2018 Oct 21. [Article in Press]

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214552418300713

PI: J.M. Pluth

Journal Impact Factor: 1.97

Funding: “NASA grants NNJ13HA96I and NNJ12HD071 awarded to JMP funded this study. Funds from DOE Laboratory Directed Research and Development, contract no DE-AC02-05CH11231, NIH R01AG040081 and DOD BC141351 awarded to MAL funded the development of the strains used from the HMEC Aging Resource.”

 

5

Galvan-Garza RC, Clark TK, Sherwood D, Diaz Artiles A, Rosenberg MJ, Natapoff A, Karmali F, Oman CM, Young LR.

Human perception of whole-body roll tilt orientation in a hypo-gravity analog: Underestimation and adaptation.

J Neurophysiol. 2018 Oct 17. [Epub ahead of print]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30332330

PIs: L.R. Young; T.K. Clark, NSBRI Postdoctoral Fellowship Program

Note: Centrifugation was used.

Journal Impact Factor: 2.502

Funding: “This work was supported by the National Space Biomedical Research Institute (NSBRI) through NASA NCC9-58.” PIs report funding under NCC 9-58-SA03401 (PI: Laurence Young), NCC 9-58-PF03502 (PI: Torin Clark), and NASA Space Technology Research Fellowship Grant #NNZ13AM68H (student: Raquel Galvan-Garza, advisor: Charles Oman).

 

6

Gaewsky JP, Jones DA, Ye X, Koya B, McNamara KP, Gayzik FS, Weaver AA, Putnam JB, Somers JT, Stitzel JD.

Modeling human volunteers in multidirectional, uni-axial sled tests using a finite element human body model.

Ann Biomed Eng. 2018 Oct 11. [Epub ahead of print]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30311040

PI: J.T. Somers

Journal Impact Factor: 3.405

Funding: “This study was supported by NASA Human Health and Performance Contract (HHPC) Award Number NNJ15HK11B through KBRwyle. … This work also used the Extreme Science and Engineering Discovery Environment (XSEDE), which is supported by National Science Foundation Grant Number OCI-1053575. Specifically, it used the Bridges system, which is supported by NSF Award Number ACI-1445606, at the Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center (PSC).”

 

7

Fineman RA, McGrath TM, Kelty-Stephen DG, Abercromby AFJ, Stirling LA.

Objective metrics quantifying fit and performance in spacesuit assemblies.

Aerosp Med Hum Perform. 2018 Nov;89(11):985-95.

https://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/asma/amhp/2018/00000089/00000011/art00008

Journal Impact Factor: 0.899

Funding: “Data collection was supported by NASA Space Technology Research Fellowship NNX15AP51H and NASA Grant NNX15AR20G. Data analysis was supported by NASA Space Technology Research Fellowships NNX16AM71H (RF), NSF GRFP 2015212225 (TM), NASA Grant NNX15AR20G (LS), and NSF Award IIS-1453141 (LS, TM, RF).”

 

8

Yingst RA, Lederer SM, Love SG.

The spacecraft and Science Communicator roles in human missions: Lessons learned from testing various architectures in the desert RATS field tests.

Acta Astronaut. 2018 Oct 17. [Article in Press]

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0094576518309494

Journal Impact Factor: 2.227

Funding: “Funding for this work was provided by NASA.”

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Other papers of interest:

 

1

Haupt A, Ershov D, Minc N.

A positive feedback between growth and polarity provides directional persistency and flexibility to the process of tip growth.

Curr Biol. 2018 Oct 22;28(20):3342-51.e3.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30318352

 

2

Hess H, Hostler D.

Respiratory muscle training effects on performance in hypo- and hyperbaria.

Aerosp Med Hum Perform. 2018 Nov;89(11):996-1001. Review.

https://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/asma/amhp/2018/00000089/00000011/art00009

 

3

Hinde K, Low C, Lloyd R, Cooke C.

Interaction between ambient temperature, hypoxia, and load carriage on respiratory muscle fatigue.

Aerosp Med Hum Perform. 2018 Nov;89(11):952-60.

https://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/asma/amhp/2018/00000089/00000011/art00004

 

4

Malaeva VV, Korenbaum VI, Pochekutova IA, Kostiv AE, Shin SN, Katuntsev VP, Baranov VM.

A technique of forced expiratory noise time evaluation provides distinguishing human pulmonary ventilation dynamics during long-term head-down and head-up tilt bed rest tests simulating micro and lunar gravity.

Front Physiol. 2018 Oct 1;9:1255.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30327607

Note: Bed rest study. This article may be obtained online without charge.

 

5

Pavlakou P, Dounousi E, Roumeliotis S, Eleftheriadis T, Liakopoulos V.

Oxidative stress and the kidney in the space environment.

Int J Mol Sci. 2018 Oct 15;19(10):E3176. Review.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30326648

Note: This article may be obtained online without charge.

 

6

Cai M, Wang Q, Liu Z, Jia D, Feng R, Tian Z.

Effects of different types of exercise on skeletal muscle atrophy, antioxidant capacity and growth factors expression following myocardial infarction.

Life Sci. 2018 Oct 9. [Epub ahead of print]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30312703

 

7

Mantooth WP, Mehta RK, Rhee J, Cavuoto LA.

Task and sex differences in muscle oxygenation during handgrip fatigue development.

Ergonomics. 2018 Oct 14. [Epub ahead of print]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30317942

 

8

Walsh LK, Ghiarone T, Olver TD, Medina-Hernandez A, Edwards JC, Thorne PK, Emter CA, Lindner JR, Manrique-Acevedo C, Martinez-Lemus LA, Padilla J.

Increased endothelial shear stress improves insulin-stimulated vasodilation in skeletal muscle.

J Physiol. 2018 Oct 17. [Epub ahead of print]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30328623

 

9

Lenchik L, Weaver AA, Ward RJ, Boone JM, Boutin RD.

Opportunistic screening for osteoporosis using computed tomography: State of the art and argument for paradigm shift.

Curr Rheumatol Rep. 2018 Oct 13;20(12):74. Review.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30317448

 

10

Ariyoshi K, Miura T, Kasai K, Akifumi N, Fujishima Y, Yoshida MA.

Age dependence of radiation-induced genomic instability in mouse hematopoietic stem cells.

Radiat Res. 2018 Oct 12. [Epub ahead of print]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30311845

 

11

Bobeica M, Aogaki S, Asavei T, Cernaianu MO, Ghenuche P, Stutman D.

Dose calculations in a cell monolayer for high-throughput irradiation with proton beams generated by PW lasers for space applications.

Life Sci Space Res. 2018 Oct 20. [Article in Press]

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214552418300750

 

12

Li X, Cui W, Hull L, Smith JT, Kiang JG, Xiao M.

Effects of low-to-moderate doses of gamma radiation on mouse hematopoietic system.

Radiat Res. 2018 Oct 12. [Epub ahead of print]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30311842

 

13

Szabó ER, Reisz Z, Polanek R, Tőkés T, Czifrus S, Pesznyák C, Biró B, Fenyvesi A, Király B, Molnár J, Brunner S, Daroczi B, Varga Z, Hideghéty K.

A novel vertebrate system for the examination and direct comparison of the relative biological effectiveness for different radiation qualities and sources.

Int J Radiat Biol. 2018 Oct 17. [Epub ahead of print]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30332320

 

14

Barnett-Cowan M, Ernst MO, Bülthoff HH.

Gravity-dependent change in the ‘light-from-above’ prior.

Sci Rep. 2018 Oct 11;8(1):15131.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30310139

Note: This article may be obtained online without charge.

 

15

Lewkowicz R, Strózak P, Bajaj B, Francuz P, Augustynowicz P.

Selective auditory attention and spatial disorientation cues effect on flight performance.

Aerosp Med Hum Perform. 2018 Nov;89(11):976-84.

https://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/asma/amhp/2018/00000089/00000011/art00007

 

16

Todd NPM, Govender S, Colebatch JG.

Vestibular cerebellar evoked potentials (VsCEPs) in humans and their modulation during optokinetic stimulation.

J Neurophysiol. 2018 Oct 17. [Epub ahead of print]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30332322

 

17

Toal TW, Ron M, Gibson D, Kajala K, Splitt B, Johnson LS, Miller ND, Slovak R, Gaudinier A, Patel R, de Lucas M, Provart NJ, Spalding EP, Busch W, Kliebenstein DJ, Brady SM. 

Regulation of root angle and gravitropism.

G3 (Bethesda). 2018 Oct 15. [Epub ahead of print]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30322904

Note: This article may be obtained online without charge.

 

18

Zhang L, Li T, Ai W, Zhang C, Tang Y, Yu Q, Li Y.

Water management in a controlled ecological life support system during a 4-person-180-day integrated experiment: Configuration and performance.

Sci Total Environ. 2018 Oct 9;651(Pt 2):2080-6.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30321729

 

19

Rosen MA, Dietz AS, Lee N, Wang IJ, Markowitz J, Wyskiel RM, Yang T, Priebe CE, Sapirstein A, Gurses AP, Pronovost PJ.

Sensor-based measurement of critical care nursing workload: Unobtrusive measures of nursing activity complement traditional task and patient level indicators of workload to predict perceived exertion.

PLoS One. 2018 Oct 12;13(10):e0204819.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30312326

Note: This article may be obtained online without charge.

 

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