Cellular and genetic adaptation in low-gravity environments

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1161, Issue , 2009, Pages 135-146

  Sundaresan, Alamelu ^a   Pellis, Neal R ^b  

^a TEXAS SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute coronary syndrome; Copy ribonucleic acid; Microgravity; Microgravity analog culture system; Modeled microgravity; Placental growth factor; RNA; T cell activation; Three dimensional cell growth; Vascular endothelial growth factor

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL CULTURE; CELL ISOLATION; CELL MEMBRANE; CYTOPLASM; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MICROGRAVITY; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; STRESS; T LYMPHOCYTE;

EID: 65249181657     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2009.04085.x     Document Type: Article

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