Spaceflight and simulated microgravity cause a significant reduction of key gene expression in early T-cell activation

EM Martinez, MC Yoshida… - American Journal …, 2015 - journals.physiology.org
Healthy immune function depends on precise regulation of lymphocyte activation. During the
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Apollo and Shuttle eras, multiple …

Secretome profiling reveals acute changes in oxidative stress, brain homeostasis, and coagulation following short-duration spaceflight

N Houerbi, JK Kim, EG Overbey, R Batra… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
As spaceflight becomes more common with commercial crews, blood-based measures of
crew health can guide both astronaut biomedicine and countermeasures. By profiling …

Single-cell multi-ome and immune profiles of the Inspiration4 crew reveal conserved, cell-type, and sex-specific responses to spaceflight

JK Kim, BT Tierney, EG Overbey, E Dantas… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Spaceflight induces an immune response in astronauts. To better characterize this effect, we
generated single-cell, multi-ome, cell-free RNA (cfRNA), biochemical, and hematology data …

[PDF][PDF] Genome-wide gene expression profiling of microgravity effect on human liver cells

JQ Clement, SM Lacy, BL Wilson - J Gravit Physiol, 2007 - researchgate.net
Human exposure to microgravity is considered the major environmental factor of space flight
that affects cells and tissues causing adverse effects to human health. Ground based gravity …

Serum metabolomics associating with circulating MicroRNA profiles reveal the role of miR-383-5p in rat Hippocampus under simulated microgravity

H Zhang, J Chen, H Wang, X Lu, K Li, C Yang… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Microgravity impacts various aspects of human health. Yet the mechanisms of spaceflight-
induced health problems are not elucidated. Here, we mapped the fusion systemic analysis …

Simulated microgravity disrupts nuclear factor κb signaling and impairs murine dendritic cell phenotype and function

G Calcagno, J Jeandel, JP Frippiat… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
During spaceflights, astronauts face different forms of stress (eg, socio-environmental and
gravity stresses) that impact physiological functions and particularly the immune system. In …

Molecular and cellular characterization of space flight effects on microvascular endothelial cell function–preparatorywork for the SFEF project

M Balsamo, I Barravecchia, S Mariotti… - Microgravity science and …, 2014 - Springer
Exposure to microgravity during space flight (SF) of variable length induces suffering of the
endothelium (the cells lining all blood vessels), mostly responsible for health problems …

[HTML][HTML] Deep membrane proteome profiling of rat hippocampus in simulated complex space environment by SWATH

Y Wang, P Qin, J Hong, N Li, Y Zhang… - Space: Science & …, 2021 - spj.science.org
Despite the development and great progress in the field of space biology, the astronauts are
still facing many challenges in space. The space environment in which astronauts stay …

Spaceflight activates autophagy programs and the proteasome in mouse liver

EA Blaber, MJ Pecaut, KR Jonscher - International journal of molecular …, 2017 - mdpi.com
Increased oxidative stress is an unavoidable consequence of exposure to the space
environment. Our previous studies showed that mice exposed to space for 13.5 days had …

Effects of gravity changes on gene expression of BDNF and serotonin receptors in the mouse brain

C Ishikawa, H Li, R Ogura, Y Yoshimura, T Kudo… - PLoS one, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Spaceflight entails various stressful environmental factors including microgravity. The effects
of gravity changes have been studied extensively on skeletal, muscular, cardiovascular …