Role of Cigarette Smoke on Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme-2 Protein Membrane Expression in Bronchial Epithelial Cells Using an Air-Liquid Interface Model

• Main Authors: Massimo Caruso (Author), Alfio Distefano (Author), Rosalia Emma (Author), Michelino Di Rosa (Author), Giuseppe Carota (Author), Sonja Rust (Author), Riccardo Polosa (Author), Pietro Zuccarello (Author), Margherita Ferrante (Author), Giuseppina Raciti (Author), Giovanni Li Volti (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2021-03-01T00:00:00Z.
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Prevalence studies of current smoking, among hospitalized COVID-19 patients, demonstrated an unexpectedly low prevalence among patients with COVID-19. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the effect of smoke from cigarettes on ACE-2 in bronchial epithelial cells. Normal bronchial epithelial...