Cigarette smoke preferentially induces full length ACE2 exposure in primary human airway cells but does not alter susceptibility to SARS-CoV-2 infection
W. Guo, B. Ortmann, T. Crozier, E. J. Greenwood, D. Kottmann, R. Mahadeva, J. A. Nathan, P. J. Lehner, F. McCaughan, L. Porter
The paper investigates how cigarette smoke affects ACE2 expression in airway cells and finds it increases full-length ACE2 without increasing SARS-CoV-2 infectivity.
bioRxiv · Sep 8, 2021 · PreprintMicrobiology