BALF fluid analysis of 8 COVID-19 patients by Zhou Z. et al. (2020) also showed upregulation of key chemokine transcripts that are involved in the recruitment of inflammatory cells (IL1RN, IL1β, CXCL17, CXCL8, CXCL1, CXCL2, CCL2, and CCL7) (Zhou Z. et al., 2020). This evidence concerns the gene CXCL8 and COVID-19.