Kaneko et al. [62] observed that germinal centers are lost in the lymph nodes and spleens in acute COVID-19, and that the proportions and absolute numbers of total CD19+ B cells in addition to naïve (IgD+CD27−), early transitional T1 and T2 (IgD+CD27−CD10+CD45RB−), and CXCR5+ follicular (IgD+CD27−CD10-CD73+) B-cell subsets were markedly reduced in severely ill patients with COVID-19 with high CRP levels as compared to convalescent patients and healthy donors. This evidence concerns the gene CXCR5 and COVID-19.