Mechano-immunology in microgravity

TitleMechano-immunology in microgravity
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2023
AuthorsMurali, A, Sarkar, RRup
JournalLife Sciences in Space Research
Volume37
Pagination50-64
Date PublishedMAY
Type of ArticleReview
ISSN2214-5524
KeywordsComputational modelling, Immune system, Mechano-immunology, Mechanotransduction, Microgravity
Abstract

Life on Earth has evolved to thrive in the Earth's natural gravitational field; however, as space technology advances, we must revisit and investigate the effects of unnatural conditions on human health, such as gravitational change. Studies have shown that microgravity has a negative impact on various systemic parts of humans, with the effects being more severe in the human immune system. Increasing costs, limited experimental time, and sample handling issues hampered our understanding of this field. To address the existing knowledge gap and provide confidence in modelling the phenomena, in this review, we highlight experimental works in mechanoimmunology under microgravity and different computational modelling approaches that can be used to address the existing problems.

DOI10.1016/j.lssr.2023.03.001
Type of Journal (Indian or Foreign)

Foreign

Impact Factor (IF)

2.5

Divison category: 
Chemical Engineering & Process Development
Database: 
Web of Science (WoS)

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