Inflammatory and immune responses in the cochlea: potential therapeutic targets for sensorineural hearing loss

• Príomhchruthaitheoirí: Masato eFujioka (Údar), Hideyuki eOkano (Údar), Kaoru eOgawa (Údar)
• Formáid: LEABHAR
• Foilsithe / Cruthaithe: Frontiers Media S.A., 2014-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Ábhair: article
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The inner ear was previously assumed to be an immune-privileged organ due to the existence of its tight junction-based blood-labyrinth barrier. However, studies performed during the past decade revealed that the mesenchymal region of the cochlea, including its lateral wall, is a common site of infla...