Proinflammatory Cytokines in the Olfactory Mucosa Result in COVID-19 Induced Anosmia

Torabi, Abolfazl; Mohammadbagheri, Esmaeil; Akbari Dilmaghani, Nader; Bayat, Amir‐Hossein; Fathi, Mobina; Vakili, Kimia; Alizadeh, Rafieh; Rezaeimirghaed, Omidvar; Hajiesmaeili, Mohammadreza; Ramezani, Mahtab; Simani, Leila; Aliaghaei, Abbas

doi:10.1021/acschemneuro.0c00249

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Proinflammatory Cytokines in the Olfactory Mucosa Result in COVID-19 Induced Anosmia

Published in ACS Chemical Neuroscience • Jun 11, 2020

Authors:

Abolfazl Torabi

Esmaeil Mohammadbagheri

Nader Akbari Dilmaghani

Abstract

< 0.05). However, no differences in IL-1β were seen between groups. Elevated levels of the proinflammatory cytokine TNF-α were seen in the olfactory epithelium in patients with COVID-19. This suggests that direct inflammation of the olfactory epithelium could play a role in the acute olfactory loss ...

Subject

Anosmia

Proinflammatory cytokine

Olfactory epithelium

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