APOB and viral infectious disease: Although our data showed that serum levels of AST, ALT, or ALP statistically increased in the non-survival group compared with those in the survival group, it still needed to be determined whether liver dysfunction was closely associated with reduced lipid profiles such as LDL-c, HDL-c, and ApoA, Apo B. Second, the release of inflammatory cytokines induced by virus infection modulates lipid metabolism.