Over the past two decades, it has become apparent that changes in immune parameters occur in cosmonauts and astronauts after spaceflight. Therefore, interest has been generated in the use of animal surrogates to better understand the nature and extent of these changes, the mechanism of these changes, and to allow the possible development of countermeasures. Among the changes noted in animals after spaceflight are alterations in lymphocytic blastogenesis, cytokine function, natural killer cell activity, and colony-stimulating factors. The nature and significance of spaceflight-induced changes in immune responses will be the focus of this review.
Immune changes in test animals during spaceflight
Journal of leukocyte biology ; 54 , 3
1993-09-01
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English
NASA Discipline Number 18-10 , Review, Tutorial , Aerospace Medicine , NASA Program Flight , NASA Program Space Physiology and Countermeasures , STS-51B Shuttle Project , NASA Discipline Number 00-00 , Flight Experiment , Review , NASA Discipline Regulatory Physiology , unmanned , Cosmos Project , Non-NASA Center , manned , short duration
Spaceflight-induced cardiovascular changes and recovery during NASA's Functional Task Test
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