Changes in mouse thymus and spleen after return from the STS-135 mission in space.

Our previous results with flight (FLT) mice showed abnormalities in thymuses and spleens that have potential to compromise immune defense mechanisms. In this study, the organs were further evaluated in C57BL/6 mice after Space Shuttle Atlantis returned from a 13-day mission. Thymuses and spleens wer...

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Main Authors: Daila S Gridley, Xiao Wen Mao, Louis S Stodieck, Virginia L Ferguson, Ted A Bateman, Maria Moldovan, Christopher E Cunningham, Tamako A Jones, Jerry M Slater, Michael J Pecaut
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3777930?pdf=render