id	author	title	date	pages	extension	mime	words	sentence	flesch	summary	cache	txt
cord-320882-cr0ccsnp	Li Volti, Giovanni	Smoking and SARS-CoV-2 Disease (COVID-19): Dangerous Liaisons or Confusing Relationships?	2020-05-02		.txt	text/plain	1237	49	40	The authors present findings linking ACE-2 expression to smoking in a variety of experimental models together with observations of their own; immunohistochemistry data showing an increased expression of ACE-2 in a series of biopsies from a group of current smokers with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease when compared to a control group. The authors then venture into reporting existing Chinese case reports to support their hypothesis that smoking could increase the risk of COVID-19 via upregulation of ACE-2 expression, a known cellular entry gateway for SARS-CoV-2 [2] .	cache/cord-320882-cr0ccsnp.txt	txt/cord-320882-cr0ccsnp.txt
