RESULTS OF SPACE EXPERIMENT PROGRAM INTERFERON .1. PRODUCTION OF INTERFERON INVITRO BY HUMAN-LYMPHOCYTES ABOARD SPACE LABORATORY SOLYUT-6 (INTERFERON-I) AND INFLUENCE OF SPACE-FLIGHT ON LYMPHOCYTE FUNCTIONS OF COSMONAUTS (INTERFERON-III)
- 1 January 1983
- journal article
- research article
- Vol. 30 (1), 53-61
Abstract
The results of the biological space experiment Interferon performed by 2 international cosmonaut crews aboard the space laboratory Solyut-6 are reported. Human lymphocytes separated from the blood of healthy donors and placed into Interferon I equipment could be kept for 7 days in suspension culture under spaceflight conditions. Interferon production could be induced in human lymphocytes by preparations of different origin, such as virus, synthetic polyribonucleotides, bacterial protein and plant pigment. An increased lymphocyte interferon production was observed in the space laboratory as compared to the ground control. A decrease of induced interferon production and natural killer cell activity was observed in the cosmonauts'' lymphocytes on the 1st day on Earth after 7 days spaceflight.This publication has 4 references indexed in Scilit:
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