Fig. 1
From: Suppressed DNA repair capacity in flight attendants after air travel
Methodology implemented in this study. (a) Venous blood samples were collected from FA before and after flight travel. Differential blood cell counts were recorded. Peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) were isolated using density gradient centrifugation. The CometChip assay was used for quantitation of DNA damage & repair kinetics. Fluorescence Multiplex based Host Cell Reactivation (FM-HCR) assays were used for measuring DNA repair capacity. (b) Samples were collected from 9 FA (participant number indicated on the y-axis) immediately before departure and shortly after return from flight travel. The graph represents time in hours since the last flight (blue); the time between blood sample collection and flight departure (yellow and black checker pattern); and the time between departure from Boston to return to Boston airport (pink). After flight blood samples were collected immediately upon landing for nine FA (yellow and black closed crossed pattern, y-axis).
