Differential regulation of mitochondrial quality control in skeletal muscle by HZE radiation exposure and partial weightbearing in mice
Carla MC Nascimento, James D. Fluckey, Florence Lima, Brandon Richard Macias, Yasaman Shirazi‐Fard, Elizabeth S. Greene, Leslie A. Braby, Susan A. Bloomfield, Michael P. Wiggs
This study examines how simulated lunar gravity and heavy ion radiation affect mitochondrial quality control in mouse skeletal muscle, finding radiation suppresses key transcriptional regulators while simulated gravity has no effect.
Life Sciences in Space Research · Oct 22, 2025Peer-reviewedMolecular Biology