Spaceline/NASA Space Life Science Current Awareness – 20 April 2001

1
Helmstetter CE, Thornton M, Grover NB.
Cell-cycle research with synchronous cultures: An evaluation.
Biochimie. 2001 Jan;83(1):83-9.
(PI: C.E. Helmstetter)

2
Hartman PS, Hlavacek A, Wilde H, Lewicki D, Schubert W, Kern RG, Kazarians
GA, Benton EV, Benton ER, Nelson GA.
A comparison of mutations induced by accelerated iron particles versus those
induced by low earth orbit space radiation in the FEM-3 gene of Caenorhabditis
elegans.
Mutat Res. 2001 Mar 1;474(1-2):47-55.
(PI: G.A. Nelson)

3
Perusek GP, Davis BL, Courtney AC, D’Andrea SE.
An extensometer for global measurement of bone strain suitable for use in vivo
in humans.
J Biomech. 2001 Mar;34(3):385-91.
(PI: B.L. Davis)

4
Genant HK, Gordon C, Jiang Y, Link TM, Hans D, Majumdar S, Lang TF.
Advanced imaging of the macrostructure and microstructure of bone.
Horm Res. 2000;54 Suppl 1:24-30.
(PI: T.F. Lang)

5
Cohen MM, Stoper AE, Welch RB, DeRoshia CW.
Effects of gravitational and optical stimulation on the perception of target evaluation.
Percept Psycophys. 2001 Jan; 63(1):29-35.
(PIs: M.M. Cohen and R.B. Welch)

6
Wiese C, Gauny SS, Liu WC, Cherbonnel-Lasserre CL, Kronenberg A.
Different mechanisms of radiation-induced loss of heterozygosity in two human
lymphoid cell lines from a single donor.
Cancer Res. 2001 Feb 1;61(3):1129-37.
(PI: A. Kronenberg)

7
Garcia MJ, Thomas JD, Greenberg N, Sandelski J, Herrera C, Mudd C, Wicks J,
Spencer K, Neumann A, Sankpal B, Soble J.
Comparison of MPEG-1 digital videotape with digitized sVHS videotape for
quantitative echocardiographic measurements.
J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 2001 Feb;14(2):114-21.
(PI: J.D. Thomas)

8
Lu C, Fedoroff N.
A mutation in the Arabidopsis HYL1 gene encoding a dsRNA binding protein affects
responses to abscisic acid, auxin, and cytokinin.
Plant Cell. 2000 Dec;12(12):2351-66.
(PI: N. Fedoroff)

9
Olshansky JS, Carnes BA, Butler RN.
If humans were built to last.
Sci Am. 2001 Mar;284(3):50-5.
(PI: B.A. Carnes)

10
Kouzoudis D, Grimes CA.
The frequency response of magnetoelastic sensors to stress and atmospheric pressure.
Smart Mater Struct. 2000 Dec;9(6):885-9.
(PI: C.A. Grimes)

11
Huey KA, Roy RR, Baldwin KM, Edgerton VR.
Temporal effects of inactivity on myosin heavy chain gene expression in rat slow
muscle.
Muscle Nerve. 2001 Apr;24(4):517-26.

12
Palinkas LA, Reed HL, Reedy KR, Do NV, Case HS, Finney NS.
Circannual pattern of hypothalamic-pituitary-thyroid (HPT) function and mood
during extended Antarctic residence.
Psychoneuroendocrinology. 2001 May;26(4):421-31.

13
Wei L, Wang L, Carson JA, Agan JE, Imanaka-Yoshida K, Schwartz RJ.
Beta1 integrin and organized actin filaments facilitate cardiomyocyte-specific
RhoA-dependent activation of the skeletal alpha-actin promoter.
FASEB J. 2001 Mar;15(3):785-96.

14
Swarthout JT, Doggett TA, Lemker JL, Partridge NC.
Stimulation of extracellular signal-regulated kinases and proliferation in rat
osteoblastic cells by parathyroid hormone is protein kinase C dependent.
J Biol Chem. 2000 Dec 6;276(10):7586-92.

15
Rossler A, Noskov V, Laszlo Z, Polyakow VV, Hinghofer-Szalkay HG.
Permanent depression of plasma cGMP during long-term space flight.
Physiol Res. 2001;50(1):83-90.

16
Laszlo Z, Rossler A, Hinghofer-Szalkay HG.
Cardiovascular and hormonal changes with different angles of head-up tilt in
men.
Physiol Res. 2001;50(1):71-82.

17
Callebaut M, Harrisson F, Bortier H.
Effect of gravity on the interaction between the avian germ and neighbouring
ooplasm in inverted egg yolk balls.
Eur J Morphol. 2001 Feb;39(1):27-38.

18
Ichigi J, Asashima M.
Dome formation and tubule morphogenesis by Xenopus kidney A6 cell cultures
exposed to microgravity simulated with a 3D-clinostat and to hypergravity.
In Vitro Cell Dev Biol Anim. 2001 Jan;37(1):31-44.

19
Dulchavsky SA, Schwarz KL, Kirkpatrick AW, Billica RD, Williams DR, Diebel
LN, Campbell MR, Sargysan AE, Hamilton DR.
Prospective evaluation of thoracic ultrasound in the detection of pneumothorax.
J Trauma. 2001 Feb;50(2):201-5.

20
Sargsyan AE, Hamilton DR, Nicolaou S, Kirkpatrick AW, Campbell MR, Billica
RD, Dawson D, Williams DR, Melton SL, Beck G, Forkheim K, Dulchavsky SA.
Ultrasound evaluation of the magnitude of pneumothorax: a new concept.
Am Surg. 2001 Mar;67(3):232-5; discussion 235-6.

21
Kodera Y, Sato S.
Recovery of gravitropic response during regeneration of root caps does not
require developed columella cells and sedimentation of amyloplasts.
Cytobios. 2001;104(405):53-65.

22
Nakazawa M, Yabe N, Ichikawa T, Yamamoto YY, Yoshizumi T, Hasunuma K, Matsui
M.
DFL1, an auxin-responsive GH3 gene homologue, negatively regulates shoot cell
elongation and lateral root formation, and positively regulates the light
response of hypocotyl length.
Plant J. 2001 Jan;25(2):213-21.

23
Bichet A, Desnos T, Turner S, Grandjean O, Hofte H.
BOTERO1 is required for normal orientation of cortical microtubules and
anisotropic cell expansion in Arabidopsis.
Plant J. 2001 Jan;25(2):137-48.

24
Bonetta L.
Experiments are destined for space.
Nat Med. 2001;7(3):262.

25
Vassy J, Portet S, Beil M, Millot G, Fauvel-Lafeve F, Karniguian A, Gasset G,
Irinopoulou T, Calvo F, Rigaut JP, Schoevaert D.
The effect of weightlessness on cytoskeleton architecture and proliferation of
human breast cancer cell line MCF-7.
FASEB J. 2001 Apr;15(6):1104-6.

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St-Amand J, Okamura K, Matsumoto K, Shimizu S, Sogawa Y.
Characterization of control and immobilized skeletal muscle: an overview from
genetic engineering.
FASEB J. 2001 Mar;15(3):684-92.