This is not a pipe - But how harmful is electronic cigarette smoke

Biomed J. 2021 Jun;44(3):227-234. doi: 10.1016/j.bj.2021.05.006. Epub 2021 Jun 4.

Abstract

This issue of the Biomedical Journal tells us about the risks of electronic cigarette smoking, variations of SARS-CoV-2 and ACE2, and how COVID-19 affects the gastrointestinal system. Moreover, we learn that cancer immunotherapy seems to work well in elderly patients, how thyroid hormones regulate noncoding RNAs in a liver tumour context, and that G6PD is a double-edged sword of redox signalling. We also discover that Perilla leaf extract could inhibit SARS-CoV-2, that artificial neural networks can diagnose COVID-19 patients and predict vaccine epitopes on the Epstein-Barr Virus, and that men and women have differential inflammatory responses to physical effort. Finally, the surgical strategies for drug-resistant epilepsy, computer-supervised double-jaw surgery, dental pulp stem cell motility, and the restitution of the brain blood supply after atherosclerotic stroke are discussed.

Keywords: Cancer immunotherapy; Electronic cigarettes; Epstein–Barr virus vaccine; G6PD; SARS-CoV-2 mutations.

Publication types

  • Editorial
  • Introductory Journal Article

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • COVID-19* / diagnosis
  • Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems*
  • Epstein-Barr Virus Infections*
  • Exercise
  • Female
  • Herpesvirus 4, Human / immunology
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Neural Networks, Computer
  • Plant Extracts / pharmacology
  • SARS-CoV-2 / drug effects
  • Smoke

Substances

  • Plant Extracts
  • Smoke