Chloroquine and COVID-19: role as a bitter taste receptor agonist?

COVID-19 is a world public health emergency caused by the new coronavirus, SARSCoV-2. Many drugs were repurposed as a treatment for COVID-19 patients including Chloroquine (CQ). CQ is a bitter taste receptor agonist reported to relax the airways suggesting a role in preventing disease severity of CO...

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Autores principales: Bouazza, B., Ramdani, I., Chahed, R.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2021
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Letter to the Editor
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7830265/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33520251
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nmni.2021.100843
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description COVID-19 is a world public health emergency caused by the new coronavirus, SARSCoV-2. Many drugs were repurposed as a treatment for COVID-19 patients including Chloroquine (CQ). CQ is a bitter taste receptor agonist reported to relax the airways suggesting a role in preventing disease severity of COVID-19 patients with asthma.
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spelling pubmed-78302652021-01-25 Chloroquine and COVID-19: role as a bitter taste receptor agonist? Bouazza, B. Ramdani, I. Chahed, R. New Microbes New Infect Letter to the Editor COVID-19 is a world public health emergency caused by the new coronavirus, SARSCoV-2. Many drugs were repurposed as a treatment for COVID-19 patients including Chloroquine (CQ). CQ is a bitter taste receptor agonist reported to relax the airways suggesting a role in preventing disease severity of COVID-19 patients with asthma. Elsevier 2021-01-24 /pmc/articles/PMC7830265/ /pubmed/33520251 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nmni.2021.100843 Text en © 2021 The Author(s) http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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title_fullStr Chloroquine and COVID-19: role as a bitter taste receptor agonist?
title_full_unstemmed Chloroquine and COVID-19: role as a bitter taste receptor agonist?
title_short Chloroquine and COVID-19: role as a bitter taste receptor agonist?
title_sort chloroquine and covid-19: role as a bitter taste receptor agonist?
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7830265/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33520251
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nmni.2021.100843
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