What is it about?
The purpose of this paper is to outline the perplexing connection between smoking and COVID-19. It is not intended to advocate or endorse smoking, which has known negative health consequences. The paper offers a hypothetical mechanism as well as some information of potential interest in the treatment of smokers who have contracted or are just presenting symptoms of COVID-19.
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Why is it important?
It can be to offer and introduce different mechanisms and pathways which affect the pathogenicity of Covid-19, and mitigate its complications of it.
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By discovering and understanding the mentioned pathways, we can be able make therapeutic compounds for curing and preventing viral diseases, particularly Covid-19.
Dr. Pouya Saraei
Shiraz University of Medical Sciences
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This page is a summary of: Revisiting the Paradox of Smoking: Radioactivity in Tobacco Smoke or Suppressing the SARS-CoV-2 Receptor, Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme 2, via Aryl-Hydrocarbon Receptor Signal?, Dose-Response, January 2022, SAGE Publications,
DOI: 10.1177/15593258221075111.
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