Douglass M Diak, Stephanie Krieger, Cody Gutierrez, Satish Mehta, Mayra Nelman-Gonzalez, Adriana Babiak-Vazquez, Millennia Young, Thomas M Oswald, Alexander Choukér, Jamee Johnson, Hannah James, Cindy Y Chang, Brian Crucian
Astronauts are known to exhibit a variety of immunological alterations during spaceflight including changes in leukocyte distribution and plasma cytokine concentrations, a reduction in T-cell function, and subclinical reactivation of latent herpesviruses. These alterations are most likely due to mission-associated stressors including circadian misalignment, microgravity, isolation, altered nutrition, and increased exposure to cosmic radiation. Some of these stressors may also occur in terrestrial situations...
February 2024: Life Sciences in Space Research