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ArticleNPJ microgravity2016

Microgravity elicits reproducible alterations in cytoskeletal and metabolic gene and protein expression in space-flown

Akira Higashibata, Toko Hashizume, Kanako Nemoto, Nahoko Higashitani, Timothy Etheridge, Chihiro Mori, Shunsuke Harada, Tomoko Sugimoto, Nathaniel J Szewczyk, Shoji A Baba and 3 more

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Article in NPJ microgravity, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT03665051 (Electrical Stimulation of Human Myocytes in Microgravity), which is not on this map. Cited by 45 papers.

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45citing papers in PubMed
3.7field-weighted citation impact, top 7% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT03665051 active not recruitingnot on this mapstarted 2019, after this paper: background citation

Electrical Stimulation of Human Myocytes in Microgravity: An In Vitro Model to Evaluate Therapeutics to Counteract Muscle Wasting (microG)

TypeobservationalSponsorAdventHealth Translational Research InstituteRan2019 to 2025Enrolled75ConditionsSarcopeniaArmsMuscle Tissue Biopsy, Maximal Oxygen Consumption (V02max)
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

45 citing papers in PubMed, 86 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Reduced Mechanical Tactile Stimulation Under Space Microgravity Affects Synaptic Signaling and Contributes to Neuromuscular Aging in Caenorhabditis elegans.FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology · 2026
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  8. Aging and Altered Gravity: A Cellular Perspective.FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors at 6 institutions in 2 countries.

Akira HigashibataHuman Spaceflight Technology Directorate, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Tsukuba, Japan.
Toko HashizumeGraduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Kagoshima University, Kagoshima, Japan.
Kanako NemotoGraduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan.
Nahoko HigashitaniGraduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan.
Timothy EtheridgeMRC/ARUK Centre for Musculoskeletal Ageing Research, Royal Derby Hospital, University of Nottingham, Derby, UK.
Chihiro MoriGraduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan.
Shunsuke HaradaGraduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan.
Tomoko SugimotoHuman Spaceflight Technology Directorate, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Tsukuba, Japan.
Nathaniel J SzewczykMRC/ARUK Centre for Musculoskeletal Ageing Research, Royal Derby Hospital, University of Nottingham, Derby, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-4425-9746
Shoji A BabaGraduate School of Humanities and Sciences, Ochanomizu University, Tokyo, Japan.
Yoshihiro MogamiGraduate School of Humanities and Sciences, Ochanomizu University, Tokyo, Japan.
Keiji FukuiJapan Space Forum, Tokyo, Japan.
Atsushi HigashitaniGraduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan.
Tohoku University · JPKagoshima University · JPOchanomizu University · JPUniversity of Nottingham · GBJapan Aerospace Exploration Agency · JPJapan Space Forum · JP

Funding

Medical Research Council G0801271
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Although muscle atrophy is a serious problem during spaceflight, little is known about the sequence of molecular events leading to atrophy in response to microgravity. We carried out a spaceflight experiment using

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PMID28725720
PMCPMC5515518
OpenAlexW2399144253

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