VEGFA and COVID-19: Reportedly, the levels of various chemokines and cytokines, such as basic fibroblast growth factor (FGF), granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF), granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF), monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1), vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), IL-2, IL-7, IL-10 and TNF-α were higher in COVID-19 patients than healthy controls (84).