Airway nitric oxide in microgravity

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Oct 2005

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2005esasp1290..388l&link_type=abstract

In: Microgravity applications programme: Successful teaming of science and industry. Edited by Andrew Wilson, coordination: Benn

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Life Sciences, Nitric Oxide, Microgravity

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Nitric Oxide (NO), a molecule with a wide range of biological effects, is found in exhaled gas. Elevation of expired NO is an early sign of airway inflammation in asthma and dust inhalation. Animal experiments have demonstrated a marked increase of expired NO after venous gas emboli (bubbles, VGE), which may occur after decompression in conjunction with extravehicular activity (EVA). For this MAP project, astronauts will perform a simple inhalation-exhalation procedure weekly during their flights, and before and after EVA. Furthermore, the microgravity environment offers a possibility to gain new insights into how and where NO is formed in the lungs and what local effects NO may have there. The planned experiments have been made possible by recent developments of new techniques by the team's industrial partners; Aerocrine has developed a highly compact and accurate NO analyser, and Linde Gas Theapeutics has developed a highly compact device for NO administration in the inhaled air.

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