IFNG and COVID-19: Supernatants were subsequently analyzed for key inflammatory cytokines associated with the cytokine storm in COVID-19 (IFN-γ, IL-1β, IL-2, IL-4, IL-6, IL-8, IL-10, IL-12p70, IL-13, and TNF-α) [9,51,52,53], using the Meso Scale platform.