COVID-19 Causes Ciliary Dysfunction as Demonstrated by Human Intranasal Micro-Optical Coherence Tomography Imaging
K. Vijaykumar, H. M. Leung, A. Barrios, C. M. Fernandez-Petty, G. M. Solomon, H. Y. Hathorne, J. D. Wade, K. Monroe, K. B. Slaten, Q. Li, S. M. Leal, D. B. Moates, H. M. Pierce, K. R. Olson, P. Currier, , S. M. Rowe
This study uses OCT imaging to show that COVID-19 causes ciliary dysfunction in nasal epithelium, including reduced cilia function and mucociliary abnormalities.
bioRxiv · Jul 8, 2022Microbiology