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Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) damages olfactory sensory neurons

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(a) Supporting cells affect olfactory sensory neurons functions through tight junctions. (b) SARS-CoV-2 enters and damages olfactory sensory neurons. (c) Amplification of inflammatory factors leads to olfactory sensory neuron impairment. (Source: Hu B, Gong M, Xiang Y, Qu S, Zhu H, Ye D. Mechanism and treatment of olfactory dysfunction caused by coronavirus disease 2019. J Transl Med 2023;21[1]:829. Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International [CC BY 4.0] license, creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0.)