Status Report

Spaceline/NASA Space Life Science Current Awareness – May 2000

By SpaceRef Editor
May 28, 2000
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Recent scientific publications of investigators whose research derives
from support of the Life Sciences Division of NASA are listed below.
The Principal Investigator or PI is noted. The lists are compiled weekly,
and a new list is added each week.


May 26, 2000

1
AU – Vitart V ; Christodoulou J ; Huang JF ; Chazin WJ ; Harper JF
TI – Intramolecular activation of a Ca(2+)-dependent protein kinase is
disrupted by insertions in the tether that connects the
calmodulin-like domain to the kinase.
SO – Biochemistry 2000 Apr 11;39(14):4004-11.
(PIs: J.F. Harper and M.L. Evans: NASA/NSF Joint Program in Plant Biology)

2
AU – Yan CH ; Whalen RT ; Beaupre GS ; Yen SY ; Napel S
TI – Reconstruction algorithm for polychromatic CT imaging:
application to beam hardening correction.
SO – IEEE Trans Med Imaging 2000 Jan;19(1):1-11.
(PI: R.T. Whalen)

3
AU – Yalcin F ; Shiota T ; Odabashian J ; Agler D ; Greenberg NL ;
Garcia MJ ; Lever HM ; Thomas JD
TI – Comparison by real-time three-dimensional echocardiography of
left ventricular geometry in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy versus
secondary left ventricular hypertrophy.
SO – Am J Cardiol 2000 Apr 15;85(8):1035-8.
(PI: J.D. Thomas)

4
AU – McCandless JW ; Ellis SR ; Adelstein BD
TI – Localization of a time-delayed, monocular virtual object superimposed on
a real environment.
SO – Presence Teleoper Virtual Environ 2000 Feb;9(1):15-24.
(PI: S.R. Ellis)

5
AU – Ferrando AA
TI – Protein metabolism during space flight.
SO – Diabetes Nutr Metab Clin Exp 2000;13(1):30-4.
(PI: A.A. Ferrando)

6
AU – Juergensmeyer MA ; Juergensmeyer EA ; Guikema JA
TI – Long term exposure to spaceflight conditions affects bacterial response
to antibiotics.
SO – Micrograv Sci Technol 1999;12(1):41-7.
(PI: J.A. Guikema)

7
AU – Woodruff KK ; Lee SM ; Greenisen MC ; Schneider SM
TI – Skin temperature during unaided egress: unsuited and while wearing the
NASA Launch and Entry or Advanced Crew Escape suits.
SO – Washington, DC : NASA Headquarters, 2000. iii, 37 p. : ill. (NASA
technical memorandum ; 2000-209761)
(PI: S.M. Schneider)

May 19, 2000

1
AU – Baevskii RM ; Bogomolov VV ; Gol’dberger AL ; Nikulina GA ;
Charl’z DB
TI – [Individual peculiarities of adaptation to long-term space
flights: 24-hour heart rhythm monitoring]
SO – Aviakosm Ekolog Med. 2000;34(1):62-4.
(PIs: A.L. Goldberger and J.B. Charles)

2
AU – Luo ZP ; Zhang L ; Turner RT ; An KN
TI – Effects of mechanical stress/strain and estrogen on cancellous
bone structure predicted by fuzzy decision.
SO – IEEE Trans Biomed Eng. 2000 Mar;47(3):344-51.
(PI: R.T. Turner)

3
AU – Kerkhof L ; Santoro M ; Garland J
TI – Response of soybean rhizosphere communities to human hygiene water
addition as determined by community level physiological profiling (CLPP)
and terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism (TRFLP) analysis.
SO – FEMS Microbiol Lett. 2000 Mar 1;184(1):95-101.
(PI: J. Garland)

4
AU – Cucinotta FA ; Nikjoo H ; Goodhead DT
TI – Model for radial dependence of frequency distributions for energy
imparted in nanometer volumes from HZE particles.
SO – Radiat Res. 2000 Apr;153(4):459-68.
(PI: J.F. Dicello)

5
AU – Chang PY ; Torous D ; Lutze-Mann L ; Winegar R
TI – Impact of p53 status on heavy-ion radiation-induced micronuclei in
circulating erythrocytes.
SO – Mutat Res. 2000 Mar 3;466(1):87-96.
(PI: R. Winegar)

6
AU – di Maso NA ; Caiozzo VJ ; Baldwin KM
TI – Single-fiber myosin heavy chain polymorphism during postnatal
development: modulation by hypothyroidism.
SO – Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol. 2000 Apr;278(4):R1099-106.
(PI: K.M. Baldwin)

7
AU – McAllister TN ; Du T ; Frangos JA
TI – Fluid shear stress stimulates prostaglandin and nitric oxide release in
bone marrow-derived preosteoclast-like cells.
SO – Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2000 Apr 13;270(2):643-8.
(PI: J.A. Frangos)

8
AU – Fluck M ; Booth FW ; Waxham MN
TI – Skeletal muscle CaMKII enriches in nuclei and phosphorylates myogenic
factor SRF at multiple sites.
SO – Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2000 Apr 13;270(2):488-94.
(PI: F.W. Booth)

9
AU – Veress AI ; Vince DG ; Anderson PM ; Cornhill JF ; Herderick EE ;
Klingensmith JD ; Kuban BD ; Greenberg NL ; Thomas JD
TI – Vascular mechanics of the coronary artery.
SO – Z Kardiol 2000;89 Suppl 2:92-100.
(PI: J.D. Thomas)

10
AU – Kajioka EH ; Gheorghe C ; Andres ML ; Abell GA ; Folz-Holbeck J ;
Slater JM ; Nelson GA ; Gridley DS
TI – Effects of proton and gamma radiation on lymphocyte populations
and acute response to antigen.
SO – In Vivo 1999 Nov-Dec;13(6):525-33.
(PI: G.A. Nelson)

11
AU – Peter SJ ; Lu L ; Kim DJ ; Stamatas GN ; Miller MJ ; Yaszemski MJ
; Mikos AG
TI – Effects of transforming growth factor beta1 released from
biodegradable polymer microparticles on marrow stromal
osteoblasts cultured on poly(propylene fumarate) substrates.
SO – J Biomed Mater Res 2000 Jun 5;50(3):452-62.
(PIs: A.G. Mikos and L.V. McIntire: NSCORT in Gravitational Biology)

12
AU – Lu L ; Stamatas GN ; Mikos AG
TI – Controlled release of transforming growth factor beta1 from
biodegradable polymer microparticles.
SO – J Biomed Mater Res 2000 Jun 5;50(3):440-51.
(PIs: A.G. Mikos and L.V. McIntire: NSCORT in Gravitational Biology)

13
AU – Kim MH ; Thibeault SA ; Wilson JW ; Simonsen LC ; Heilbronn L ;
Chang K ; Kiefer RL ; Weakley JA ; Maahs HG
TI – Development and testing of in-situ materials for human exploration
of Mars.
SO – High Perf Polymers 2000 Mar;12(1):13-26.
(PI: J.W. Wilson)

14
AU – Cosgrove DJ
TI – Expansive growth of plant cell walls.
RF – REVIEW ARTICLE: 118 REFS.
SO – Plant Physiol Bochem 2000 Jan-Feb;38(1-2):109-24.
(PI: D.J. Cosgrove)

15
AU – Vodovotz Y ; Zasypkin D ; Lertsiriyothin W ; Lee TC ; Bourland CT
TI – Quantification and characterization of volatiles evolved during extrusion
of rice and soy flours.
SO – Biotechnol Prog 2000 Mar-Apr;16(2):299-301.
(PI: T.C. Lee and H.W. Janes: NSCORT in Bioregenerative Life Support)

16
AU – Chatterjee A ; Porterfield DM ; Smith PS ; Roux SJ
TI – Gravity-directed calcium current in germinating spores of Ceratopteris
richardii.
SO – Planta 2000 Mar;210(4):607-10.
(PIs: A. Chatterjee [Graduate Student Research Project] and S.J. Roux)

17
AU – Adelstein BD ; Ellis SR
TI – Rotation and direction judgment from visual images head-slaved in
2 degrees of freedom and 3 degrees of freedom.
SO – IEEE Trans Syst Man Cybern A 2000 Mar;30(2):165-73.
(PI: S.R. Ellis)

18
AU – Harmon AC ; Gribskov M ; Harper JF
TI – CDPKs: a kinase for every Ca2+ signal.
SO – Trends Plant Sci 2000 Apr;5(4):154-9.
(PIs: J.F. Harper and M.L. Evans: NASA/NSF Joint Project in Plant Biology)

19
AU – Schoorlemmer GH ; Johnson AK ; Thunhorst RL
TI – Effect of hyperosmotic solutions on salt excretion and thirst in rats.
SO – Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 2000 Apr;278(4):R917-23.
(PI: A.K. Johnson)

20
AU – Butel JS
TI – Simian virus 40, poliovirus vaccines, and human cancer: research progress
versus media and public interests.
RF – REVIEW ARTICLE: 24 REFS.
SO – Bull World Health Organ 2000;78(2):195-8
(PI: J.S. Butel)

21
AU – Butel JS
TI – Viral carcinogenesis: revelation of molecular mechanisms and etiology of
human disease.
RF – REVIEW ARTICLE: 169 REFS.
SO – Carcinogenesis 2000 Mar;21(3):405-26.
(PI: J.S. Butel)

22
AU – Monk TH ; Buysse DJ ; Rose LR ; Hall JA ; Kupfer DJ
TI – The sleep of healthy people–a diary study.
SO – Chronobiol Int 2000 Jan;17(1):49-60.
(PI: T.H. Monk)

23
AU – Prisk GK ; Elliott AR ; West JB
TI – Sustained microgravity reduces the human ventilatory response to
hypoxia but not to hypercapnia.
SO – J Appl Physiol 2000 Apr;88(4):1421-30.
(PIs: G.K. Prisk and J.B. West)

24
AU – Brooks DP ; Nambi P ; Laping NJ ; Olson BA ; Pullen M ; Wade CE
TI – Renal vasopressin receptor expression and function in rats
following spaceflight.
SO – J Appl Physiol 2000 Apr;88(4):1316-20.
(PI: C.E. Wade)

25
AU – Morey-Holton ER ; Halloran BP ; Garetto LP ; Doty SB
TI – Animal housing influences the response of bone to spaceflight in
juvenile rats.
SO – J Appl Physiol 2000 Apr;88(4):1303-9.
(PIs: E.R. Morey-Holton, B.P. Halloran and S.B. Doty)

26
AU – Looft-Wilson RC ; Gisolfi CV
TI – Rat small mesenteric artery function after hindlimb suspension.
SO – J Appl Physiol 2000 Apr;88(4):1199-206.
(PI: R.C. Looft-Wilson [Graduate Student Research Project])

27
AU – Kaufman GD ; Shinder ME ; Perachio AA
TI – Convergent properties of vestibular-related brain stem neurons in
the gerbil.
SO – J Neurophysiol 2000 Apr;83(4):1958-71.
(PI: A.A. Perachio)

28
AU – Lee SM ; Williams WJ ; Schneider SM
TI – Core temperature measurement during submaximal exercise:
esophageal, rectal, and intestinal temperatures.
SO – Washington, DC : NASA Headquarters, 2000. viii, 44 p. (NASA
technical memorandum ; 2000-210133)
(PI: S.M. Schneider)

29
AU – Woodruff KK ; Johnson AN ; Lee SM ; Gernhardit M ; Schneider SM ;
Foster PP
TI – A pilot study for applying an extravehicular activity exercise prebreathe
protocol to the International Space Station.
SO – Washington, DC : NASA Headquarters, 2000. viii, 31 p. (NASA
technical memorandum ; 2000-210132)
(PI: S.M. Schneider)

30
AU – Convertino VA ; Koenig SC ; Fanton JW ; Reister CA ; Gaffney FA ;
Ludwig DA ; Ewert DL ; Wade CE
TI – Alterations in the volume stimulus-renal response relationship during
exposure to simulated microgravity.
SO – J Gravit Physiol 1999 Oct;6(2):1-9.
(PIs: V.A. Convertino, F.A. Gaffney and C.E. Wade)

31
AU – Wade CE ; Baer LA ; Belisle WA ; Ortiz RM ; Vasques MF
TI – Deposition and renal handling of urinary electrolytes from rats
during spaceflight.
SO – J Gravit Physiol 1999 Oct;6(2):25-31.
(PI: C.E. Wade)

32
AU – Orban JI ; Piert SJ ; Guryeva TS ; Hester PY
TI – Calcium utilization by quail embryos during activities preceding space
flight and during embryogenesis in microgravity aboard the orbital
space station, MIR.
SO – J Gravit Physiol 1999 Oct;6(2):33-41.
(PI: P.Y. Hester)

33
AU – Schatten H ; Chakrabarti A ; Levine HG ; Anderson K
TI – Utilization of the Aquatic Research Facility and fertilization syringe
unit to study sea urchin development in space.
SO – J Gravit Physiol 1999 Oct;6(2):43-53.
(PIs: H. Schatten)

34
AU – Roy RR ; Bodine SC ; Pierotti DJ ; Kim JA ; Talmadge RJ ;
Barkhoudarian G ; Fanton JW ; Koslovskaya I ; Edgerton VR
TI – Fiber size and myosin phenotypes of selected Rhesus hindlimb
muscles after a 14-day spaceflight.
SO – J Gravit Physiol 1999 Oct;6(2):55-62.
(PIs: S.C. Bodine and V.R. Edgerton)

35
AU – Hoban-Higgins TM ; Murakami DM ; Tang IH ; Fuller PM ; Fuller CA
TI – Development of circadian rhythms in rat pups exposed to
microgravity during gestation.
SO – J Gravit Physiol 1999 Oct;6(2):71-9.
(PIs: T.M. Hoban-Higgins, D.M. Murakami and C.A. Fuller)

May 12, 2000

There was no Current Awareness this week due to network problems.

May 5, 2000

There was no Current Awareness this week due to network problems.

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