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ReviewTrends in immunology2024

Neuroimmune interactions in the olfactory epithelium: maintaining a sensory organ at an immune barrier interface.

Mohammed N Ullah, Nicholas R Rowan, Andrew P Lane

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Review in Trends in immunology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

15 citing papers in PubMed.

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  10. Influenza virus-like particles presentingNanomedicine (London, England) · 2025
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  11. Omicron Impacts Olfaction in Hamsters.FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology · 2025
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  12. Organoid models for chemosensing cell studies.American journal of physiology. Cell physiology · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Mohammed N UllahDepartment of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Nicholas R RowanDepartment of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Andrew P LaneDepartment of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA. Electronic address: alane3@jhmi.edu.

Funding

Project 3P50MH136297 · NIMH · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI Akira Sawa · 2024 to 2026
$12.8M
Inflammation-Associated Olfactory Dysfunction: Mechanisms and TherapyR01DC016106 · NIDCD · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI LANE, ANDREW P · 2018 to 2022
$2.7M
Olfactory mucosa repair and defense: neuro-immune mechanisms and therapyR01DC020841 · NIDCD · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI ANDREW P LANE · 2023 to 2026
$2.6M
NIDCD NIH HHS R01 DC016106NIDCD NIH HHS R01 DC020841NIMH NIH HHS P50 MH136297
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

While primarily a sensory organ, the mammalian olfactory epithelium (OE) also plays a critical role as an immune barrier. Mechanisms governing interactions between the immune system and this specialized chemosensory tissue are gaining interest, in part sparked by the COVID-19 pandemic. Regulated inflammation is intrinsic to normal mucosal healing and homeostasis, but prolonged OE inflammation is associated with persistent loss of smell, belying the intertwining of local mucosal immunology and olfactory function. Evidence supports bidirectional communication between OE cells and the immune system in health and disease. Recent investigations suggest that neuro-immune cross-talk modulates olfactory stem cell behavior and neuronal regeneration dynamics, prioritizing the epithelial-like non-neuronal framework with immune barrier function at the expense of the neurosensory organ in chronic inflammation.

Indexed as

NeuroimmunomodulationOlfactory MucosaAnimalsCOVID-19HumansInflammationSARS-CoV-2chronic inflammationhorizontal basal cellsimmune barrierolfactory epitheliumregeneration

Identifiers

PMID39550314
PMCPMC11624989

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