(eBook) Effect of Spaceflight and Spaceflight Analogue Culture on Human and Microbial Cells by Cheryl A. Nickerson

This is the PDF eBook version for Effect of Spaceflight and Spaceflight Analogue Culture on Human and Microbial Cells – Novel Insights into Disease Mechanisms by Cheryl A. Nickerson, Neal R. Pellis, C. Mark Ott

Table of Contents

Foreword.- Chronology of Key Spaceflight and Spaceflight Analogue Culture Experiments using Human and Microbial Cells.- Part I. The Principles and Translational Impact of Space Life Sciences Research.- Overview and Translational Impact of Space Cell Biology Research.-Principles of Analogue and True Microgravity Bioreactors for Tissue Engineering.-Immune Dysfunction in Spaceflight:An Integrative View.-Part II. Human and Cellular Investigations.- Biomedical Advances in Three Dimensions: An Overview of Human Cellular Studies in Space and Spaceflight Analogues.-Outpacing Infectious Disease: Mimickingthe Host-Pathogen Microenvironment.-Use of in vitro Cell Culture Models to Understand the Cellular and Molecular Basis of Immune Dysfunction during Spaceflight.-Using a Spaceflight Three-Dimensional Microenvironment to Probe Cancer-Stromal Interactions.-Skeletal Muscle Tissue Culture Under Spaceflight Conditions.-Microgravity and Microgravity Analogue Studies of Cartilage and Cardiac Tissue Engineering.-Part III. Microbial Investigations.- Microbial Investigations: Overview.-Using Spaceflight and Spaceflight-Analogue Culture for Novel Mechanistic Insight into Salmonella Pathogenesis.-Response of Pseudomonas aeruginosa to Spaceflight and Spaceflight Analogue Culture: Implications for Astronaut Health and the Clinic.-Cellular responses of Escherichia coli to Microgravity and Microgravity Analogue Culture.-Spaceflight and Spaceflight Analogue-Induced Responses in Gram Positive Bacteria.