The NASA Twins Study: A multidimensional analysis of a year-long human spaceflight.
Science
; 364(6436)2019 04 12.
Article
de En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-30975860
ABSTRACT
To understand the health impact of long-duration spaceflight, one identical twin astronaut was monitored before, during, and after a 1-year mission onboard the International Space Station; his twin served as a genetically matched ground control. Longitudinal assessments identified spaceflight-specific changes, including decreased body mass, telomere elongation, genome instability, carotid artery distension and increased intima-media thickness, altered ocular structure, transcriptional and metabolic changes, DNA methylation changes in immune and oxidative stress-related pathways, gastrointestinal microbiota alterations, and some cognitive decline postflight. Although average telomere length, global gene expression, and microbiome changes returned to near preflight levels within 6 months after return to Earth, increased numbers of short telomeres were observed and expression of some genes was still disrupted. These multiomic, molecular, physiological, and behavioral datasets provide a valuable roadmap of the putative health risks for future human spaceflight.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Base de données:
MEDLINE
Sujet principal:
Vol spatial
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Adaptation physiologique
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Astronaute
Type d'étude:
Prognostic_studies
Limites:
Humans
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Male
Pays/Région comme sujet:
America do norte
Langue:
En
Journal:
Science
Année:
2019
Type de document:
Article
Pays d'affiliation:
États-Unis d'Amérique