| Autor: |
Changeux, Jean-Pierre, Amoura, Zahir, Rey, Felix A., Miyara, Makoto |
| Jazyk: |
English<br />French |
| Rok vydání: |
2020 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
Comptes Rendus Biologies, Vol 343, Iss 1, Pp 33-39 (2020) |
| Druh dokumentu: |
article |
| ISSN: |
1768-3238 |
| DOI: |
10.5802/crbiol.8 |
| Popis: |
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 knowledge. Therefore, we tentatively propose a hypothesis which hopefully might ultimately help save lives. Based on the current scientific literature and on new epidemiological data which reveal that current smoking status appears to be a protective factor against the infection by SARS-CoV-2 [1], we hypothesize that the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (nAChR) plays a key role in the pathophysiology of Covid-19 infection and might represent a target for the prevention and control of Covid-19 infection. |
| Databáze: |
Directory of Open Access Journals |
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