Mechanisms of SARS-CoV-2-associated anosmia

T Tsukahara, DH Brann, SR Datta - Physiological Reviews, 2023 - journals.physiology.org
Anosmia, the loss of the sense of smell, is one of the main neurological manifestations of
COVID-19. Although the SARS-CoV-2 virus targets the nasal olfactory epithelium, current …

Olfactory immune response to SARS-CoV-2

SA Wellford, EA Moseman - Cellular & Molecular Immunology, 2024 - nature.com
Numerous pathogens can infect the olfactory tract, yet the pandemic caused by SARS-CoV-
2 has strongly emphasized the importance of the olfactory mucosa as an immune barrier …

Probing long COVID through a proteomic lens: a comprehensive two-year longitudinal cohort study of hospitalised survivors

X Gu, S Wang, W Zhang, C Li, L Guo, Z Wang, H Li… - …, 2023 - thelancet.com
Background As a debilitating condition that can impact a whole spectrum of people and
involve multi-organ systems, long COVID has aroused the most attention than ever …

Long-COVID cognitive impairments and reproductive hormone deficits in men may stem from GnRH neuronal death

F Sauve, S Nampoothiri, SA Clarke, D Fernandois… - …, 2023 - thelancet.com
Background We have recently demonstrated a causal link between loss of gonadotropin-
releasing hormone (GnRH), the master molecule regulating reproduction, and cognitive …

Intrinsic factors behind long‐COVID: II. SARS‐CoV‐2, extracellular vesicles, and neurological disorders

YA El‐Maradny, A Rubio‐Casillas… - Journal of Cellular …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
With the decline in the number of new Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2
(SARS‐CoV‐2) infections, the World Health Organization announced the end of the SARS …

SARS-CoV-2 infects epithelial cells of the blood-cerebrospinal fluid barrier rather than endothelial cells or pericytes of the blood-brain barrier

C Stüdle, H Nishihara, S Wischnewski… - Fluids and Barriers of …, 2023 - Springer
Background As a consequence of SARS-CoV-2 infection various neurocognitive and
neuropsychiatric symptoms can appear, which may persist for several months post infection …

New evidence suggests SARS-CoV-2 neuroinvasion along the nervus terminalis rather than the olfactory pathway

CS von Bartheld, R Butowt - Acta Neuropathologica, 2024 - Springer
Neuroinvasion of SARS-CoV-2 is a matter of debate [5, 8, 10]. While some animal models (in
particular genetically modified ones) revealed a consistent and fatal neuroinvasion of SARS …

[HTML][HTML] Integrative systems biology reveals NKG2A-biased immune responses correlate with protection in infectious disease, autoimmune disease, and cancer

DG Chen, J Xie, J Choi, RH Ng, R Zhang, S Li… - Cell Reports, 2024 - cell.com
Infection, autoimmunity, and cancer are principal human health challenges of the 21 st
century. Often regarded as distinct ends of the immunological spectrum, recent studies hint …

Olfactory immunology: the missing piece in airway and CNS defence

SA Wellford, EA Moseman - Nature Reviews Immunology, 2023 - nature.com
The olfactory mucosa is a component of the nasal airway that mediates the sense of smell.
Recent studies point to an important role for the olfactory mucosa as a barrier to both …

Visualising SARS-CoV-2 infection of the lung in deceased COVID-19 patients

J Van Slambrouck, M Khan, E Verbeken, S Choi… - …, 2023 - thelancet.com
Background SARS-CoV-2 is a single-stranded positive-sense RNA virus. Several negative-
sense SARS-CoV-2 RNA species, both full-length genomic and subgenomic, are produced …