LAG3 and COVID-19: Therefore, both studies demonstrated that the serum or plasma levels of sPD-1, sPD-L1, and sTIM-3 were significantly higher in the severe/critical group than in the mild/moderate and asymptomatic groups, but their data conflicted regarding the serum or plasma levels of sLAG-3, sCTLA-4, and s4-1BB between healthy controls and COVID-19 patients (81).