Susceptibility of SARS-CoV-2 COVID-19 Infection among Smokers/Tobacco Users Upregulating the Expression of Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme-2 (ACE2)| Chapter 9 | Perspective of Recent Advances in Medical Research Vol. 2

 Smoking is individual of the major causes of mortality general with any of 8 million reported dying each year. Smokers are more prone to zealous and bacterial respiratory contaminations like chronic obstructive pulmonary ailment (COPD) resulting in acute respiring failure and stated to have higher mortality rates in the former outbreak of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV). Smoking was found to have a statistically important relationship accompanying the severity of severe severe respiratory syndrome-coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) effects among sufferers, including ICU admission, smokestack for building use, and higher mortality rates. The larger expression of the angiotensin-changing enzyme-2 (ACE2) receptor, a novel site of SARS-CoV-2 adhesiveness that causes COVID-19 infection in humans, with smokers further supported this link and established them in the zone of exposure for SARS-CoV-2 infection.

Author(s) Details:

Maha Qasim,
Laboratory Animal Sciences, Dow International Medical College, Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi, Pakistan.

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