SIGLEC6 belongs to the family of sialic acid-binding immunoglobulin-like lectin proteins, out of which SIGLEC1, SIGLEC7 and SIGLEC10 have been implicated to play a role in COVID-19 (Doehn et al., 2021; Saheb Sharif-Askari et al., 2021). The gene discussed is SIGLEC10; the disease is COVID-19.