id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-291012-y0ufzx93 Ye, Qing SARS-CoV-2 infection causes transient olfactory dysfunction in mice 2020-11-10 .txt text/plain 1846 125 51 Robust viral nucleocapsid (N) protein was detected in the 89 lung from SARS-CoV-2 infected hACE2 mice, but not from the control animals 90 ( Figure S1B ). Remarkably, a significantly increased latency (152.8 s v.s. 81.8 s; p=0.022) to locate 103 food pellets was observed in SARS-CoV-2 infected mice as compared with the control 104 animals on 2 dpi ( Figure 1D ). Further RT-qPCR assay showed a dozen of 211 OR genes were significantly down regulated in response to SARS-CoV-2 infection 212 ( Figure 5E ), which may also attribute to the observed olfactory dysfunction. Interestingly, SARS-CoV-2 positive signals were also observed in mOSNs and HBCs 245 of infected animals, although we didn't detect any hACE2 expression in these cells. A) Representative multiplex immunofluorescent staining shows SARS-CoV-2 674 (SARS-CoV-2 N protein-positive) infects sustentacular cells (CK8-positive, yellow 675 arrows), Bowman's gland cells (Sox9/CK8-positive, white arrows), microvillar cells 676 (CD73/CK8-positive, cyan arrows), HBCs (CK5-postitive, gold arrows) and iOSNs 677 (GAP43-positive ./cache/cord-291012-y0ufzx93.txt ./txt/cord-291012-y0ufzx93.txt