How nicotine can inhibit cytokine storm in the lungs and prevent or lessen the severity of COVID-19 infection?

Statistical surveys of COVID-19 patients indicate, against all common logic, that people who smoke are less prone to the infection and/or exhibit less severe respiratory symptoms than non-smokers. This suggests that nicotine may have some preventive or modulatory effect on the inflammatory response...

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Autores principales: Kloc, Malgorzata, Ghobrial, Rafik M., Kubiak, Jacek Z
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: European Federation of Immunological Societies. Published by Elsevier B.V. 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7836994/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32522666
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.imlet.2020.06.002

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7836994/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32522666
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.imlet.2020.06.002

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