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Pulmonary surfactant itself must be a strong defender against SARS-CoV-2

Pulmonary surfactant is considered to be one of the soaps. Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and the other enveloped viruses become very weak against surfactant. The SARS virus binds to angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE2) receptor and causes pneumonia. In the lung, the AC...

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Autor principal: Takano, Hideyuki
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier Ltd. 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7833517/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32590326
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mehy.2020.110020