No autoantibodies against IA2 and defensin-5A (a self-antigen that is expressed in the ileum and is targeted by autoantibodies in patients with autoimmune polyendocrinopathy-candidiasis-ectodermal dystrophy patients) were detected in children with COVID-19 or MIS-C (data not shown). This evidence concerns the gene PTPRN and Candidiasis, Invasive.