We have read with great interest the paper by Leung et al.[1] published in the European
Respiratory Journal, the correspondence by Russo et al.[2], and also the subsequent …

We recently reported that current smokers and those with COPD had higher airway epithelial
cell expression of the angiotensin-converting enzyme II (ACE-2) viral entry receptor [1]. We …

Leung et al.[1] have recently published, in the European Respiratory Journal, a paper on the
expression of angiotensin-converting enzyme II (ACE-2) in the small airway epithelia of …

We have read with interest the paper by Leung et al.[1] recently published in the European
Respiratory Journal, reporting a higher expression of the protein angiotensin-converting …

There is an urgent need to address the devastating pandemic, COVID‐19, caused by SARS‐
CoV‐2. The efforts to understand the details of this disease in hope of providing effective …

SARS-CoV-2 epidemics raises a considerable issue of public health at the planetary scale.
There is a pressing urgency to find treatments based upon currently available scientific …

Recently, Leung et al.[1] proposed that α7-subtype nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (α7-
nAChR) antagonists might decrease angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) 2 receptor …

As of 20 April, almost 1.7 million people globally have been diagnosed with Corona Virus
Disease 2019 (COVID-19), a pandemic that has evolved from the emergence of a new …

In the absence of treatment or a vaccine, the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic challenges the medical
community to identify novel containment strategies. Changeux et al. 1 have proposed the …

Like M. Rossato and co-workers, we too have been struck by the relative
underrepresentation of current smokers in cohorts of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) …