CD8A and COVID-19: In particular, Zeng Z. et al. analysed the relationship of serum sST2 to lymphocyte subsets, reporting that CD3+CD4+ and CD3+CD8+ lymphocyte absolute counts were negatively correlated with the levels of serum sST2 in patients with COVID-19, highlighting that the elevated serum sST2 may favour the dysfunction of T cells in COVID-19 progression [46].