Deciphering the Neurosensory Olfactory Pathway and Associated Neo-Immunometabolic Vulnerabilities Implicated in COVID-Associated Mucormycosis (CAM) and COVID-19 in a Diabetes Backdrop—A Novel Perspective
, Hari Pankaj Vanam 2, Naresh K. Panda 1, Sourabha K. Patro 1, Rhythm Arora 1, Sanjay K. Bhadada 3, Shivaprakash M. Rudramurthy 4, Mini P. Singh 5 and Purushotham Reddy Koppula 6,*
Round 1
Reviewer 1 Report
The article is well descriptive, the author tried their best to provide the details with recent updates on COVID-19 variants. This article has my support for publication with minor revisions as I mentioned below.
-the quality of the figure with low resolution on my screen and get pixilated on zoom in and, it was hard for me to read the text. I would suggest improving the quality that would be great for the readers. In figure1 there are some weird lines around the figure but not a full rectangle, please try to improve that.
- There are a few typographical errors in the text as highlighted in the attached pdf, resolve those errors before final publication.
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Reviewer 2 Report
The manuscript with the title of "Deciphering the neurosensory olfactory pathway and associated neo-immunometabolic vulnerabilities implicated in Covid-associated mucormycosis (CAM) and Covid-19 in a diabetes backdrop - A Novel Perspective" has provided a good summary on this topic.
I have some minor suggestions:
Figures 1-5 are not easy to follow. I suggest recreating these figures. The font is very small and there is a lot of information that can be summarized to make the figures more effective. Especially Figure 1, 2, 3
The author gathered important information but there is no input of his thoughts in the conclusion. I suggest including a conclusion section regarding their perspective
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Reviewer 3 Report
The manuscript entitled Deciphering the neurosensory olfactory pathway and associated neo-immunometabolic vulnerabilities implicated in Covid-associated mucormycosis (CAM) and Covid-19 in a diabetes backdrop - A Novel Perspective by sharma et al. propose unique neo-vulnerabilities associated with diabetes that may modify the olfactory mucosal immune landscape during airway infections such as COVID-19 and CAM. The manuscript is well written and presented in proper scientific way.
Therefore, I consider that this manuscript is suitable for publication. However, below are a few concerns which author should address?
- The authors have performed the transcriptomic profiling and data are presented in the manuscript however there is no methodology given authors should add methods.
- Authors should add conclusion at the end of manuscript.
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