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Nicotine upregulates ACE2 expression and increases competence for SARS-CoV-2 in human pneumocytes
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has a variable degree of severity according to underlying comorbidities and life-style. Several research groups have reported an association between cigarette smoking and increased severity of COVID-19. The exact mechanism of action is largely unclear...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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European Respiratory Society
2021
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7942220/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33850935 http://dx.doi.org/10.1183/23120541.00713-2020 |