Could spaceflight-associated immune system weakening preclude the expansion of human presence beyond Earth's orbit?

Journal of Leukocyte Biology

Volumn 86, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1027-1038

  Guéguinou, Nathan ^a,b   Huin Schohn, Cécile ^a,b   Bascove, Matthieu ^a   Bueb, Jean Luc ^b   Tschirhart, Eric ^b   Legrand Frossi, Christine ^a   Frippiat, Jean Pol ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LUXEMBOURG   (Luxembourg)

Author keywords

Deep space mission; Immune depression; Microgravity; Stress

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 6; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ASTRONOMY; B LYMPHOCYTE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CELL POPULATION; COSMONAUT; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; CYTOTOXICITY; ENCEPHALOMYOCARDITIS VIRUS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GRANULOCYTE; GRAVITY; HUMAN; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNE FUNCTION TEST; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNIZATION; INNATE IMMUNITY; LYMPHOID ORGAN; MICROBIAL GROWTH; MONOCYTE; MOON; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPACE FLIGHT; SPLEEN CELL; T LYMPHOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; TH2 CELL;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNE SYSTEM DISEASES; IMMUNITY, INNATE; INFECTION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MARS; MICE; MODELS, ANIMAL; MOON; SPACE FLIGHT; VIRULENCE;

EID: 70350741504     PISSN: 07415400     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1189/jlb.0309167     Document Type: Review

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