CD163 and COVID-19: Indeed, compared to control lungs from various inflammatory conditions, COVID-19 autopsy lungs contain high amounts of CD163+ and CD206+ (all likely M2) macrophages (Fig. 2), and the draining lymph nodes contain high amounts of histiocytes with hemophagocytic activity and some COVID-19 patients suffer from hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis [105, 106].