Could spaceflight-associated immune system weakening preclude the expansion of human presence beyond Earth's orbit?

Spaceflight-associated changes in immunoglobulin VH gene expression in the amphibian Pleurodeles waltl

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Hfq, a Novel Pleiotropic Regulator of Virulence-Associated Genes in Francisella tularensis

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Immune responses in adult female volunteers during the bed-rest model of spaceflight: Antibodies and cytokines

(2009) William T. Shearer et al.   JOURNAL OF ALLERGY AND CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY

Effects of spaceflight on innate immune function and antioxidant gene expression

(2009) Farnaz P. Baqai et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSIOLOGY

Nutrition issues for space exploration

(2008) Scott M. Smith et al.   ACTA ASTRONAUTICA

Humoral and cellular immunity in cosmonauts after the ISS missions

(2008) M.P. Rykova et al.   ACTA ASTRONAUTICA

Active hexose correlated compound activates immune function to decrease bacterial load in a murine model of intramuscular infection

(2008) Hernan Aviles et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF SURGERY

Immune System Dysregulation Following Short- vs Long-Duration Spaceflight

(2008) Brian E. Crucian et al.   AVIATION SPACE AND ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE

CD4 T cells: fates, functions, and faults

(2008) J. Zhu et al.   BLOOD

Effect of Spaceflight on Ability of Monocytes To Respond to Endotoxins of Gram-Negative Bacteria

(2008) I. Kaur et al.   Clinical and Vaccine Immunology

Spaceward ho! The future of humans in space

(2008) Marc Heppener   EMBO REPORTS

Shifts in bone marrow cell phenotypes caused by spaceflight

(2008) M. Teresa Ortega et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSIOLOGY

Spaceflight effects on T lymphocyte distribution, function and gene expression

(2008) Daila S. Gridley et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSIOLOGY

Asymptomatic reactivation and shed of infectious varicella zoster virus in astronauts

(2008) Randall J. Cohrs et al.   JOURNAL OF MEDICAL VIROLOGY

Effects of exposure of mice to hindlimb unloading on leukocyte subsets and sympathetic nervous system activity

(2008) Phyllis M. O'Donnell et al.   STRESS-THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL ON THE BIOLOGY OF STRESS

Increased Filamentous Growth of Candida albicans in Simulated Microgravity

(2008) Sara D. Altenburg et al.   GENOMICS PROTEOMICS & BIOINFORMATICS

A new isotype of immunoglobulin heavy chain in the urodele amphibian Pleurodeles waltl predominantly expressed in larvae

(2007) Bérénice Schaerlinger et al.   MOLECULAR IMMUNOLOGY