Importantly, chemokines and growth factors that are associated with COVID-19-induced cytokine storm and severe disease progression like CXCL9, CXCL10 (IP10), or VEGF-A exhibited particularly effective EPs 7630-mediated inhibition (CXCL9: 82% reduction; CXCL10: 80.9% reduction) (Costela-Ruiz et al., 2020; Petrey et al., 2021; Sugiyama et al., 2021). The gene discussed is CXCL9; the disease is COVID-19.