The Cardiovascular System in Space: Focus on In Vivo and In Vitro Studies by Ronni Baran, Shannon Marchal, Sebastian Garcia Campos, Emil Rehnberg, Kevin Tabury, Bjorn Baselet, Markus Wehland, Daniela Grimm, Sarah Baatout

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Monitoring functional immune responses with a cytokine release assay: ISS flight hardware design and experimental protocol for whole blood cultures executed under microgravity cond... by Judith-Irina Buchheim, Matthias Feuerecker, Michele Balsamo, Marco Vukich, Marco Vukich, Merel Van Walleghem, Merel Van Walleghem, Kevin Tabury, Roel Quintens, Randy Vermeesen, Bjorn Baselet, Sarah Baatout, Bernd Rattenbacher, Inês Antunes, Thu Jennifer Ngo-Anh, Brian Crucian, Alexander Choukér

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The Effects of Combined Exposure to Simulated Microgravity, Ionizing Radiation, and Cortisol on the <i>In Vitro</i> Wound Healing Process by Wilhelmina E. Radstake, Kiran Gautam, Silvana Miranda, Randy Vermeesen, Kevin Tabury, Emil Rehnberg, Jasmine Buset, Ann Janssen, Liselotte Leysen, Mieke Neefs, Mieke Verslegers, Jürgen Claesen, Marc-Jan van Goethem, Uli Weber, Claudia Fournier, Alessio Parisi, Sytze Brandenburg, Marco Durante, Bjorn Baselet, Sarah Baatout

“…Human spaceflight is associated with several health-related issues as a result of long-term exposure to microgravity, ionizing radiation, and higher levels of psychological stress. …”
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Towards sustainable human space exploration—priorities for radiation research to quantify and mitigate radiation risks by Anna Fogtman, Sarah Baatout, Bjorn Baselet, Thomas Berger, Christine E. Hellweg, Piers Jiggens, Chiara La Tessa, Livio Narici, Petteri Nieminen, Laure Sabatier, Giovanni Santin, Uwe Schneider, Ulrich Straube, Kevin Tabury, Walter Tinganelli, Linda Walsh, Marco Durante

“…Abstract Human spaceflight is entering a new era of sustainable human space exploration. …”
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Gravitational effects on fibroblasts’ function in relation to wound healing by Wilhelmina E. Radstake, Kiran Gautam, Silvana Miranda, Cynthia Van Rompay, Randy Vermeesen, Kevin Tabury, Mieke Verslegers, Alan Dowson, Jeffrey Gorissen, Jack J. W. A. van Loon, Nigel D. L. Savage, Sarah Baatout, Bjorn Baselet

“…Abstract The spaceflight environment imposes risks for maintaining a healthy skin function as the observed delayed wound healing can contribute to increased risks of infection. …”
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How do gravity alterations affect animal and human systems at a cellular/tissue level? by Francesca Cialdai, Austin M. Brown, Cory W. Baumann, Debora Angeloni, Sarah Baatout, Alexandra Benchoua, Juergen Bereiter-Hahn, Daniele Bottai, Judith-Irina Buchheim, Marco Calvaruso, Eugénie Carnero-Diaz, Sara Castiglioni, Duccio Cavalieri, Gabriele Ceccarelli, Alexander Choukér, Gianni Ciofani, Giuseppe Coppola, Gabriella Cusella, Andrea Degl’Innocenti, Jean-Francois Desaphy, Jean-Pol Frippiat, Michael Gelinsky, Giada Genchi, Maria Grano, Daniela Grimm, Alain Guignandon, Christiane Hahn, Jason Hatton, Raúl Herranz, Christine E. Hellweg, Carlo Saverio Iorio, Thodoris Karapantsios, Jack van Loon, Matteo Lulli, Jeanette Maier, Jos Malda, Emina Mamaca, Lucia Morbidelli, Angelique van Ombergen, Andreas Osterman, Aleksandr Ovsianikov, Francesco Pampaloni, Elizabeth Pavezlorie, Veronica Pereda-Campos, Cyrille Przybyla, Christopher Puhl, Petra Rettberg, Chiara Risaliti, Angela Maria Rizzo, Kate Robson-Brown, Leonardo Rossi, Giorgio Russo, Alessandra Salvetti, Daniela Santucci, Matthias Sperl, Felice Strollo, Kevin Tabury, Sara Tavella, Christiane Thielemann, Ronnie Willaert, Nathaniel J. Szewczyk, Monica Monici

“…Despite the many studies conducted so far on spaceflight adaptation mechanisms and related pathophysiological alterations observed in astronauts, we are not yet able to elaborate a synthetic integrated model of the many changes occurring at different system and functional levels. …”
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Pathophysiology, risk, diagnosis, and management of venous thrombosis in space: where are we now? by Katie M. Harris, Roopen Arya, Antoine Elias, Tobias Weber, David A. Green, Danielle K. Greaves, Lonnie G. Petersen, Lara Roberts, Tovy Haber Kamine, Lucia Mazzolai, Andrej Bergauer, David S. Kim, Rik H. Olde Engberink, Peter zu Eulenberg, Bruno Grassi, Lucrezia Zuccarelli, Giovanni Baldassarre, Kevin Tabury, Sarah Baatout, Jens Jordan, Andrew P. Blaber, Alexander Choukér, Thais Russomano, Nandu Goswami

“…The European Space Agency formed a topical team to review the pathophysiology, risk and clinical presentation of venous thrombosis and the evaluation of its prevention, diagnosis, mitigation, and management strategies in spaceflight. In this article, we discuss the findings of the ESA VT Topical Team over its 2-year term, report the key gaps as we see them in the above areas which are hindering understanding VT in space. …”
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