Spaceline/NASA Space Life Science Current Awareness – 25 January 2002

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Goldmann WH, Ingber DE.
Intact vinculin protein is required for control of cell shape, cell mechanics,
and rac-dependent lamellipodia formation.
Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2002 Jan 18;290(2):749-55.
(PI: D.E. Ingber)

2
Eckstein MP, Beutter BR, Stone LS.
Quantifying the performance limits of human saccadic targeting during visual
search.
Perception. 2001;30(11):1389-401.
(PIs: M.P. Eckstein and L.S. Stone)

3
Bikle D, Majumdar S, Laib A, Powell-Braxton L, Rosen C, Beamer W, Nauman E,
Leary C, Halloran B.
The skeletal structure of insulin-like growth factor I-deficient mice.
J Bone Miner Res. 2001 Dec;16(12):2320-9.
(PI: D. Bikle)

4
Badhwar GD, Atwell W, Badavi FF, Yang TC, Cleghorn TF.
Space radiation absorbed dose distribution in a human phantom.
Radiat Res. 2002 Jan;157(1):76-91.
(PIs: G.D. Badhwar and T.C. Yang)

5
Badhwar GD.
Shuttle radiation dose measurements in the International Space Station orbits.
Radiat Res. 2002 Jan;157(1):69-75.
(PI: G.D. Badhwar)

6
Kim SH, Arnold D, Lloyd A, Roux SJ.
Antisense expression of an Arabidopsis Ran binding protein renders transgenic
roots hypersensitive to auxin and alters auxin-induced root growth and
development by arresting mitotic progress.
Plant Cell. 2001 Dec;13(12):2619-30.
(PI: S.J. Roux)

7
Flynn KM, Miller SA, Sower SA, Schreibman MP.
Sexually dimorphic effects of NMDA receptor antagonism on brain-pituitary-gonad
axis development in the platyfish.
Comp Biochem Physiol C Toxicol Pharmacol. 2002 Jan;131(1):9-18.
(PI: M.P. Schreibman)

8
Henry JQ, Martindale MQ.
Multiple inductive signals are involved in the development of the ctenophore
Mnemiopsis leidyi.
Dev Biol. 2001 Oct 1;238(1):40-6.
(PI: M.Q. Martindale)

9
Huang H, Kamm RD, So PT, Lee RT.
Receptor-based differences in human aortic smooth muscle cell membrane
stiffness.
Hypertension. 2001 Nov;38(5):1158-61.
(PI: R.T. Lee)

10
Nguyen KT, Frye SR, Eskin SG, Patterson C, Runge MS, McIntire LV.
Cyclic strain increases protease-activated receptor-1 expression in vascular
smooth muscle cells.
Hypertension. 2001 Nov;38(5):1038-43.
(PI: L.V. McIntire: NSCORT in Gravitational Biology)

11
Matsuura T, Duarte WR, Cheng H, Uzawa K, Yamauchi M.
Differential expression of decorin and biglycan genes during mouse tooth
development.
Matrix Biol. 2001 Sep;20(5-6):367-73.
(PI: M. Yamauchi)

12
Chirillo F, Bruni A, Balestra G, Cavallini C, Olivari Z, Thomas JD, Stritoni
P.
Assessment of internal mammary artery and saphenous vein graft patency and flow
reserve using transthoracic Doppler echocardiography.
Heart. 2001 Oct;86(4):424-31.
(PI: J.D. Thomas)

13
Whelan HT, Smits RL Jr, Buchman EV, Whelan NT, Turner SG, Margolis DA,
Cevenini V, Stinson H, Ignatius R, Martin T, Cwiklinski J, Philippi AF, Graf WR,
Hodgson B, Gould L, Kane M, Chen G, Caviness J.
Effect of NASA light-emitting diode irradiation on wound healing.
J Clin Laser Med Surg. 2001 Dec;19(6):305-14.

14
Molenat F, Boussuges A.
Operation Everest III (Comex’97): altitude-induced decompression sickness during
a hypobaric chamber experiment : necessity for circulating venous gas emboli
monitoring for the investigators.
Chest. 2002 Jan;121(1):173-7.

15
Ni DA, Wang LJ, Ding CH, Xu ZH.
Auxin distribution and transport during embryogenesis and seed germination of
Arabidopsis.
Cell Res. 2001 Dec;11(4):273-8.

16
Lawler A.
Space biomedicine. An Rx for astronauts.
Science. 2002 Jan 18;295(5554):435. News.

17
Jakob B, Scholz M, Taucher-Scholz G.
Characterization of CDKN1A (p21) binding to sites of heavy-ion-induced damage:
colocalization with proteins involved in DNA repair.
Int J Radiat Biol. 2002 Feb;78(2):75-88.

18
Izumi R, Ishioka N, Mizuno K, Goka T.
Space environment, electromagnetic fields, and circadian rhythm.
Biomed Pharmacother. 2001;55 Suppl 1:25s-31s.

19
Pregelj P, Sketelj J.
Role of load bearing in acetylcholinesterase regulation in rat skeletal muscles.
J Neurosci Res. 2002 Jan 1;67(1):114-21.

20
Barou O, Valentin D, Vico L, Tirode C, Barbier A, Alexandre C, Lafage-Proust
MH.
High-resolution three-dimensional micro-computed tomography detects bone loss
and changes in trabecular architecture early: comparison with DEXA and bone
histomorphometry in a rat model of disuse osteoporosis.
Invest Radiol. 2002 Jan;37(1):40-6.

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Altavilla A, Garbellini L.
Risk assessment in the aerospace industry.
Saf Sci. 2002;40(1-4):271-98.