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Background and objective
COVID‐19 is complicated by acute lung injury, and death in some individuals. It is caused by SARS‐CoV‐2 that requires the ACE2 receptor and serine proteases to enter AEC. We determined what factors are associated with ACE2 expression particularly in patients with asthma and COPD.
Methods
We obtained lower AEC from 145 people from two independent cohorts, aged 2–89 years,...
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