LGALS9 and COVID-19: Elevated plasma galectin-9 levels have been proposed to be a contributor to the cytokine storm observed in SARS-CoV-2-infected patients,92 while serum ITIH3 levels have been found to be more abundant in fatal COVID-19 cases upon intensive care unit (ICU) admission, with levels decreasing over the course of disease in both survivors and non-survivors.93