Onesmo B. Balemba

Enteric glia are a large population of peripheral neuroglia that accompany neurons in the enteric nervous system. These cells have diverse functions and engage in bidirectional communication with various cell types, including enteric neurons, immune cells, and possibly the gut microbiota.1, 2 Enteric glia play important roles in maintaining gastrointestinal (GI) homeostasis, and it is thought that alterations in their functions could be pivotal in the development of GI disorders.

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Virus-Cell Interactions Rebecca M. Brown, Pranav S. J. B. Rana, Hannah K. Jaeger, John M. O’Dowd, Onesmo B. Balemba, Elizabeth A. Fortunato Rozanne M. Sandri-Goldin, Editor DOI: 10.1128/JVI.00957-19 ABSTRACT Congenital human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) infection causes a broad spectrum of central and peripheral nervous system disorders, ranging from microcephaly to hearing loss. These ramifications mandate the study of virus-host interactions in neural cells.