Loss of T cell precursors after spaceflight and exposure to vector‐averaged gravity
Open Access
- 3 June 2003
- journal article
- fj express-summaries
- Published by Wiley in The FASEB Journal
- Vol. 17 (11) , 1-17
- https://doi.org/10.1096/fj.02-0749fje
Abstract
Using fetal thymus organ culture (FTOC), we examined the effects of spaceflight and vector-averaged gravity on T cell development. Under both conditions, the development of T cells was significantly ...Keywords
Funding Information
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NAC 2-1369)
This publication has 38 references indexed in Scilit:
- Changes in the T cell receptor macromolecular signaling complex and membrane microdomains during T cell development and activationSeminars in Immunology, 2001
- Microgravity as a Novel Environmental Signal Affecting Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium VirulenceInfection and Immunity, 2000
- Culture in Vector-Averaged Gravity Under Clinostat Rotation Results in Apoptosis of Osteoblastic ROS 17/2.8 CellsJournal of Bone and Mineral Research, 2000
- The Immunological Synapse: A Molecular Machine Controlling T Cell ActivationScience, 1999
- Cell-fate decisions in early T cell development: regulation by cytokine receptors and the pre-TCRSeminars in Immunology, 1999
- Early αβ T cell development in the thymus of normal and genetically altered miceCurrent Opinion in Immunology, 1997
- Functions of TCR and pre-TCR subunits: lessons from gene ablationCurrent Opinion in Immunology, 1996
- The Effect of a 10-Day Space Flight on the Function, Phenotype, and Adhesion Molecule Expression of Splenocytes and Lymph Node LymphocytesExperimental Cell Research, 1995
- Control points in early T-cell developmentImmunology Today, 1993
- Rat bone marrow cells undergo thymopoiesis in mouse fetal thymic organ cultureEuropean Journal of Immunology, 1990