NASA Spaceline Current Awareness List #894 10 April 2020 (Space Life Science Research Results)
SPACELINE Current Awareness Lists are distributed via listserv and are available on the NASA Task Book website at https://taskbook.nasaprs.com/
Papers deriving from NASA support:
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Macias BR, Patel NB, Gibson CR, Samuels BC, Laurie SS, Otto C, Ferguson CR, Lee SMC, Ploutz-Snyder R, Kramer LA, Mader TH, Brunstetter T, Stenger MB.
Association of long-duration spaceflight with anterior and posterior ocular structure changes in astronauts and their recovery.
JAMA Ophthalmol. 2020 Apr 2. [Epub ahead of print]
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/
PI: B.R. Macias
Note: ISS results.
Journal Impact Factor: 6.167
Funding: “This was a directed study funded by the NASA Human Research Program.”
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Stamps BW, Spear JR.
Identification of metagenome-assembled genomes containing antimicrobial resistance genes, isolated from an advanced water treatment facility.
Microbiol Resour Announc. 2020 Apr 2;9(14):e00003-20.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/
PI: B.W. Stamps, Sloan ISS MoBE Postdoctoral Fellowship
Note: This article may be obtained online without charge.
Journal Impact Factor: 0.486
Funding: “Research reported in this publication was supported by a grant to J.R.S. from the Bureau of Reclamation. We thank the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation for a postdoctoral fellowship to B.W.S.”
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Auñón-Chancellor SM, Pattarini JM, Moll S.
More on venous thrombosis during spaceflight. Reply.
N Engl J Med. 2020 Apr 2;382(14):1381-2.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/
Note: The authors reply to #2 in the ‘Other papers of interest’ section: Levy JH, Connors JM. More on venous thrombosis during spaceflight. N Engl J Med. 2020 Apr 2;382(14):1381.https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/
Journal Impact Factor: 70.670
Funding: No funding cited. S.M. Auñón-Chancellor and J.M. Pattarini are affiliated with NASA Johnson Space Center.
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Hamidi V, Riggs K, Zhu L, Bermudez Saint Andre K, Westby C, Coverdale S, Dursteler A, Wang H, Miller C 3rd, Taegtmeyer H, Gutierrez AD.
Acute exenatide therapy attenuates postprandial vasodilation in humans with prediabetes: A randomized controlled trial.
Metab Syndr Relat Disord. 2020 Mar 31. [Epub ahead of print]
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/
Journal Impact Factor: 1.597
Funding: C. Westby is affiliated with NASA Johnson Space Center.
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Simon JC, Holm JR, Thiel J, Dunmire B, Cunitz BW, Bailey MR.
Evidence of microbubbles on kidney stones in humans.
Ultrasound Med Biol. 2020 Apr 1. [Epub ahead of print]
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/
PIs: M.R. Bailey, J.C. Simon, NSBRI Postdoctoral Fellowship Program
Journal Impact Factor: 2.205
Funding: “This work was supported by the National Space Biomedical Research Institute through NASA NCC 9-58 and the National Institutes of Health NIDDK Grant DK043881.”
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Semple C, Riveros D, Nagy JA, Rutkove SB, Mortreux M.
Partial weight-bearing in female rats: Proof of concept in a Martian-gravity analog.
Front Physiol. 2020 Apr 3;11:302.
https://www.frontiersin.org/
PI: S.B. Rutkove
Note: A pelvic harness was used for quadrupedal unloading. This article may be obtained online without charge.
Journal Impact Factor: 3.201
Funding: “This work was funded by a grant from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA: NNX16AL36G).”
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Adam JA, Gulati S, Hirsa AH, Bonocora RP.
Growth of microorganisms in an interfacially driven space bioreactor analog.
npj Microgravity. 2020 Apr 8;6(1):11.
https://www.nature.com/
PI: A. Hirsa
Note: A knife edge surface viscometer was used. This article may be obtained online without charge.
Journal Impact Factor: 3.111
Funding: “Efforts during this investigation were partially supported by NASA grants NNX13AQ22G and 80NSSC18K1663.”
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Other papers of interest:
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Li S, Yang X, Sun L.
[Research advances of endoplasmic reticulum stress under microgravity].
Space Med Med Eng. 2020;2020(1):82-7. Chinese.
http://caod.oriprobe.com/
Note: The spaceflight or methods used for microgravity simulation are not identified in the English abstract.
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Levy JH, Connors JM.
More on venous thrombosis during spaceflight.
N Engl J Med. 2020 Apr 2;382(14):1381.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/
Note: The authors comment on #3 in the NASA section: Auñón-Chancellor SM, Pattarini JM, Moll S, Sargsyan A. Venous thrombosis during spaceflight. N Engl J Med. 2020 Jan 2;382(1):89-90.https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/
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Pedrinolla A, Colosio AL, Magliozzi R, Danese E, Kirmizi E, Rossi S, Pogliaghi S, Calabrese M, Gelati M, Muti E, Ce E, Longo S, Esposito F, Lippi G, Schena F, Venturelli M.
The vascular side of chronic bed rest: When a therapeutic approach becomes deleterious.
J Clin Med. 2020 Mar 27;9(4):E918.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/
Note: Bed rest study. This article may be obtained online without charge.
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Debarnot U, Di Rienzo F, Daligault S, Schwartz S.
Motor imagery training during arm immobilization prevents corticomotor idling: An EEG resting-state analysis.
Brain Topogr. 2020 Mar 27. [Epub ahead of print]
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/
Note: From the Abstract: “We hypothesized that MI [motor imagery] treatment applied during 12 h of arm immobilization prevents immobilization-related changes in resting-state electroencephalographic (rsEEG) power and functional connectivity.”
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Wang X, Liu S, Wang L, Li Z, Zhang J, Wang Y, Wang H, Dai X, Bai Z, Wang Y.
[Application progress of muscle biopsy technology in weightlessness countermeasures for skeletal muscle].
Space Med Med Eng. 2020;2020(1):88-94. Chinese.
http://caod.oriprobe.com/
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Shi W, Zhang Y, Chen K, He J, Feng X, Wei W, Hua J, Wang J.
Primary cilia act as microgravity sensors by depolymerizing microtubules to inhibit osteoblastic differentiation and mineralization.
Bone. 2020 Mar 30;136:115346. [Epub ahead of print]
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/
Note: The type of microgravity simulation is not specified in the available abstract.
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Chatzipapas KP, Papadimitroulas P, Emfietzoglou D, Kalospyros SA, Hada M, Georgakilas AG, Kagadis GC.
Ionizing radiation and complex DNA damage: Quantifying the radiobiological damage using Monte Carlo simulations.
Cancers (Basel). 2020 Mar 26;12(4):E799. Review.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/
Note: This article may be obtained online without charge.
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Albalwi AA, Johnson EG, Alharbi AA, Daher NS, Cordett TK, Ambode OI, Alshehri FH.
Effects of head motion on postural stability in healthy young adults with chronic motion sensitivity.
Arch Physiother. 2020 Mar 30;10:6.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/
Note: This article may be obtained online without charge.
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Fu J, Jiao X, Cao Y, Jiang J, Li Q, Feng J.
[EEG-based study on mental workload in multi-factor cognitive tasks].
Space Med Med Eng. 2020;2020(1):35-44. Chinese.
http://caod.oriprobe.com/
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He J, Zhang W, Li M, Shang K.
[Test and study on human-suit matching based on typical joint of spacesuit].
Space Med Med Eng. 2020;2020(1):20-7. Chinese.
http://caod.oriprobe.com/
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Medina FJ.
Space explorers need to be space farmers. What we know and what we need to know about plant growth in space.
Methode. 2020 Mar 6;104(1).
https://metode.org/issues/
Note: This article may be obtained online without charge.
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Eyal S.
How do the pharmacokinetics of drugs change in astronauts in space?
Expert Opin Drug Metab Toxicol. 2020 Mar 29. [Epub ahead of print]
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/
Note: This article may be obtained online without charge.
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Waidmann S, Kleine-Vehn J.
Asymmetric cytokinin signalling opposes gravitropism in roots.
J Integr Plant Biol. 2020 Mar 31. [Epub ahead of print]
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/
Note: This article may be obtained online without charge.
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Poulet L, Dussap C-G, Fontaine J-P.
Development of a mechanistic model of leaf surface gas exchange coupling mass and energy balances for life-support systems applications.
Acta Astronaut. 2020 Apr 6. [Article in Press]
http://www.sciencedirect.com/
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Inama M, Spolverato G, Impellizzeri H, Bacchion M, Creciun M, Casaril A, Moretto G.
Cognitive load in 3d and 2d minimally invasive colorectal surgery.
Surg Endosc. 2020 Apr 1. [Epub ahead of print]
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/
Note: The NASA Task Load Index was used.
