Patients with COVID-19 have elevated serum levels of cytokines (interleukin-1 (IL-1), IL-6, IL-2, IL-7, IL-10, IL-12, and IFN-γ,), chemokines (CCL2, CCL3, CXCL8, CXCL9, and CXCL10, CXCL11), and growth factors (G-CSF and hepatocyte growth factor (HGF))9,10. Here, HGF is linked to COVID-19.