Anosmia in COVID-19: mechanisms and significance

AY Han, L Mukdad, JL Long, IA Lopez - Chemical senses, 2020 - academic.oup.com
The global pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute
respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) remains a challenge for prevention due …

Herpes simplex virus type 1 infection of the central nervous system: insights into proposed interrelationships with neurodegenerative disorders

LF Duarte, MA Farías, DM Álvarez… - Frontiers in Cellular …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) is highly prevalent in humans and can reach the brain
without evident clinical symptoms. Once in the central nervous system (CNS), the virus can …

[HTML][HTML] Astrocytes: integrative regulators of neuroinflammation in stroke and other neurological diseases

E Cekanaviciute, MS Buckwalter - Neurotherapeutics, 2016 - Elsevier
Astrocytes regulate neuroinflammatory responses after stroke and in other neurological
diseases. Although not all astrocytic responses reduce inflammation, their predominant …

Infectious agents and neurodegeneration

G De Chiara, ME Marcocci, R Sgarbanti, L Civitelli… - Molecular …, 2012 - Springer
A growing body of epidemiologic and experimental data point to chronic bacterial and viral
infections as possible risk factors for neurodegenerative diseases, including Alzheimer's …

Molecular mechanisms for herpes simplex virus type 1 pathogenesis in Alzheimer's disease

SA Harris, EA Harris - Frontiers in aging neuroscience, 2018 - frontiersin.org
This review focuses on research in the areas of epidemiology, neuropathology, molecular
biology and genetics that implicates herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) as a causative …

Inflammation and α-synuclein's prion-like behavior in Parkinson's disease—is there a link?

CM Lema Tomé, T Tyson, NL Rey, S Grathwohl… - Molecular …, 2013 - Springer
Parkinson's disease patients exhibit progressive spreading of aggregated α-synuclein in the
nervous system. This slow process follows a specific pattern in an inflamed tissue …

Animal models of herpes simplex virus immunity and pathogenesis

CM Kollias, RB Huneke, B Wigdahl… - Journal of neurovirology, 2015 - Springer
Herpes simplex viruses are ubiquitous human pathogens represented by two distinct
serotypes: herpes simplex virus (HSV) type 1 (HSV-1); and HSV type 2 (HSV-2). In the …

COVID-19 and Alzheimer's disease: How one crisis worsens the other

X Xia, Y Wang, J Zheng - Translational Neurodegeneration, 2021 - Springer
Alzheimer's disease (AD) has emerged as a key comorbidity of coronavirus disease 2019
(COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) …

Mechanisms of blood-brain barrier disruption in herpes simplex encephalitis

H Liu, K Qiu, Q He, Q Lei, W Lu - Journal of Neuroimmune Pharmacology, 2019 - Springer
Herpes simplex encephalitis (HSE) is often caused by infection with herpes simplex virus 1
(HSV-1), a neurotropic double-stranded DNA virus. HSE infection always impacts the …

Eating habits and body weight changes induced by variation in smell and taste in patients with previous SARS-CoV-2 infection

A Ferrulli, P Senesi, I Terruzzi, L Luzi - Nutrients, 2022 - mdpi.com
Olfactory and gustatory dysfunction are recognized as common symptoms in patients with
COVID-19, with a prevalence ranging, respectively, between 41–61% and 38.2–49%. This …