Smelling Danger: Olfactory Stem Cells Control Immune Defense during Chronic Inflammation.

Smelling Danger: Olfactory Stem Cells Control Immune Defense during Chronic Inflammation. Cell Stem Cell. 2019 Oct 03;25(4):449-451 Authors: Rustenhoven J, Kipnis J Abstract Neurogenesis is critical to continuously replacie olfactory neurons but is impaired during chronic inflammatory rhinosinusitis. In this issue of Cell Stem Cell, Chen et al. (2019) describe the inflammation-induced switching of olfactory stem cells from a regenerative phenotype to one participating in immune defense; this process contributes to deficient replacement of olfactory sensory neurons. PMID: 31585089 [PubMed - in process]
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