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E-cigarette vape and lung ACE2 expression: Implications for coronavirus vulnerability

Evidence in humans suggests a correlation between nicotine smoking and severe respiratory symptoms with COVID-19 infection. In lung tissue, angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) appears to mechanistically underlie viral entry. Here, we investigated whether e-cigarette vapor inhalation alters ACE2 a...

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Autores principales: Lallai, Valeria, Manca, Letizia, Fowler, Christie D.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Author(s). Published by Elsevier B.V. 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8025581/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33838329
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.etap.2021.103656