Increased expression of ACE2, the SARS-CoV-2 entry receptor, in alveolar and bronchial epithelium of smokers and COPD subjects

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    Table 1: Rigor

    Institutional Review Board StatementConsent: Written informed consent was obtained from all subjects.
    IRB: This study was approved by the medical ethical committees of the Ghent University Hospital (2011/0114; 2016/0132; 2019/0537) and the University Hospital Gasthuisberg Leuven (S51577)
    Randomizationnot detected.
    Blindingnot detected.
    Power Analysisnot detected.
    Sex as a biological variablenot detected.

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    Antibodies
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    After antigen retrieval with citrate buffer (Scytek), the slides were incubated with anti-ACE2 antibody (polyclonal rabbit-anti-human, Abcam ab15248).
    anti-ACE2
    suggested: None
    rabbit-anti-human,
    suggested: None
    Software and Algorithms
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