IFNG and COVID-19: However, PD-1 expression conditioned IL-2 and IFN-gamma production in cytotoxic T cells, which expressed higher IL-2 and IFN-gamma levels in PD-1 negative cells than CD3+CD8+PD-1+ T cells independently of having been analyzed in participants that posteriorly developed either mild or severe COVID-19 (Figure 3K).