Moreover, diabetic patients with COVID-19 also presented abnormal levels of multiple laboratory findings at hospital admission, including those related to heart (TnT, CK-MB, myoglobulin, and NT-proBNP), liver (albumin), kidney (urea nitrogen), and lung function (PaO2, PaO2/FiO2), indicating that SAR-CoV-2 infection may be related to progressive systemic injury in patients with diabetes. The gene discussed is NPPB; the disease is diabetes mellitus.