Instigators of COVID-19 in Immune Cells Are Increased in Tobacco Cigarette Smokers and Electronic Cigarette Vapers Compared With Nonsmokers

INTRODUCTION: The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2), the virus responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic, gains entry into the host cell when its Spike protein is cleaved by host proteases TMPRSS2 and furin, thereby markedly increasing viral affinity for its receptor, angioten...

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Autores principales: Kelesidis, Theodoros, Zhang, Yuyan, Tran, Elizabeth, Sosa, Grace, Middlekauff, Holly R
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2021
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Brief Reports
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8513409/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34410424
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ntr/ntab168

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8513409/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34410424
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ntr/ntab168

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