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SUBMITTER: Paul AM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7756144 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Paul Amber M AM Cheng-Campbell Margareth M Blaber Elizabeth A EA Anand Sulekha S Bhattacharya Sharmila S Zwart Sara R SR Crucian Brian E BE Smith Scott M SM Meller Robert R Grabham Peter P Beheshti Afshin A
iScience 20201125 12
Spaceflight missions can cause immune system dysfunction in astronauts with little understanding of immune outcomes in deep space. This study assessed immune responses in mice following ground-based, simulated deep spaceflight conditions, compared with data from astronauts on International Space Station missions. For ground studies, we simulated microgravity using the hindlimb unloaded mouse model alone or in combination with acute simulated galactic cosmic rays or solar particle events irradiat ...[more]