To infinity... and beyond! Human spaceflight and life science

FASEB Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 2858-2864

  Hughes Fulford, Millie ^a,b,c  

^a SAN FRANCISCO VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NORTHERN CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH AND EDUCATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Immunosuppression; Microgravity; Osteoporosis; Red blood cell anemia; Spaceflight

Indexed keywords

ATRIAL NATRIURETIC FACTOR; CALCIUM; CALCIUM ION; CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSIVE ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN; CYCLINE; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; CYCLOPHILIN; CYTOSOLIC PHOSPHOLIPASE A2; ERYTHROPOIETIN; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 2; GAMMA INTERFERON; HYDROCORTISONE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR ALPHA; MYC PROTEIN; OSTEOCALCIN; PARATHYROID HORMONE; STAT PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR AP 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR ELK 1; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; VASCULOTROPIN;

ADAPTATION; ANEMIA; BIOMEDICINE; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DEHYDRATION; DOG; DOWN REGULATION; ERYTHROCYTE; ERYTHROCYTE LIFESPAN; EXERCISE INTENSITY; FLUID SHIFT; GENE INDUCTION; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOLYSIS; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; IMMUNE STATUS; KIDNEY CORTEX; MICROGRAVITY; NITROGEN BALANCE; NONHUMAN; OSTEOLYSIS; OSTEOPOROSIS; PLASMA VOLUME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RETINA CELL; REVIEW; SPACE ANEMIA; SPACE FLIGHT; SPACE OSTEOPOROSIS; T LYMPHOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; VESTIBULAR DISORDER; VIRUS REACTIVATION; WEIGHT REDUCTION; WEIGHTLESSNESS;

ANEMIA; FLUID SHIFTS; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; LITERATURE; OSTEOPOROSIS; SPACE FLIGHT; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION; WEIGHTLESSNESS;

EID: 80052663275     PISSN: 08926638     EISSN: 15306860     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1096/fj.11-0902ufm     Document Type: Review

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