Immune system dysregulation during spaceflight: potential countermeasures for deep space exploration missions

BE Crucian, A Choukèr, RJ Simpson, S Mehta… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Recent studies have established that dysregulation of the human immune system and the
reactivation of latent herpesviruses persists for the duration of a 6-month orbital spaceflight …

[PDF][PDF] Protective alleles and precision healthcare in crewed spaceflight

LA Rutter, MJ MacKay, H Cope, NJ Szewczyk… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Common and rare alleles are now being annotated across millions of human genomes, and
omics technologies are increasingly being used to develop health and treatment …

Benefits for bone from resistance exercise and nutrition in long‐duration spaceflight: evidence from biochemistry and densitometry

SM Smith, MA Heer, LC Shackelford… - Journal of Bone and …, 2012 - academic.oup.com
Exercise has shown little success in mitigating bone loss from long‐duration spaceflight. The
first crews of the International Space Station (ISS) used the “interim resistive exercise …

Exercise in space: human skeletal muscle after 6 months aboard the International Space Station

S Trappe, D Costill, P Gallagher… - Journal of applied …, 2009 - journals.physiology.org
The aim of this investigation was to document the exercise program used by crewmembers
(n= 9; 45±2 yr) while aboard the International Space Station (ISS) for 6 mo and examine its …

Prolonged space flight‐induced alterations in the structure and function of human skeletal muscle fibres

RH Fitts, SW Trappe, DL Costill… - The Journal of …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
The primary goal of this study was to determine the effects of prolonged space flight (∼ 180
days) on the structure and function of slow and fast fibres in human skeletal muscle …

Long-term space nutrition: a scoping review

H Tang, HH Rising, M Majji, RD Brown - Nutrients, 2021 - mdpi.com
This scoping review aimed to identify current evidence and gaps in the field of long-term
space nutrition. Specifically, the review targeted critical nutritional needs during long-term …

The future of personalized medicine in space: from observations to countermeasures

E Pavez Loriè, S Baatout, A Choukér… - … in bioengineering and …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The aim of personalized medicine is to detach from a “one-size fits all approach” and
improve patient health by individualization to achieve the best outcomes in disease …

Skeletal health in long‐duration astronauts: nature, assessment, and management recommendations from the NASA bone summit

ES Orwoll, RA Adler, S Amin, N Binkley… - Journal of bone and …, 2013 - academic.oup.com
Concern about the risk of bone loss in astronauts as a result of prolonged exposure to
microgravity prompted the National Aeronautics and Space Administration to convene a …

Adaptation to microgravity, deconditioning, and countermeasures

K Tanaka, N Nishimura, Y Kawai - The Journal of Physiological Sciences, 2017 - Springer
Humans are generally in standing or sitting positions on Earth during the day. The
musculoskeletal system supports these positions and also allows motion. Gravity acting in …

A GABAergic neural circuit in the ventromedial hypothalamus mediates chronic stress–induced bone loss

F Yang, Y Liu, S Chen, Z Dai, D Yang… - The Journal of …, 2020 - Am Soc Clin Investig
Homeostasis of bone metabolism is regulated by the central nervous system, and mood
disorders such as anxiety are associated with bone metabolism abnormalities, yet our …