Frontiers in Physiology (May 2021)

The Cholinergic and ACE-2-Dependent Anti-Inflammatory Systems in the Lung: New Scenarios Emerging From COVID-19

  • Martina Di Maro,
  • Mauro Cataldi,
  • Mariarosaria Santillo,
  • Martina Chiurazzi,
  • Simona Damiano,
  • Barbara De Conno,
  • Antonio Colantuoni,
  • Bruna Guida

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2021.653985
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12

Abstract

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The renin angiotensin system and the cholinergic anti-inflammatory pathway have been recently shown to modulate lung inflammation in patients with COVID-19. We will show how studies performed on this disease are starting to provide evidence that these two anti-inflammatory systems may functionally interact with each other, a mechanism that could have a more general physiological relevance than only COVID-19 infection.

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