High levels of these molecules, detected after macrophage treatment with VLPs (TNFα, IL-1β, CCL8, CXCL8, CXCL9, CXCL16, CXCL1, and CXCL2), were shown to correlate with severe COVID-19 in other studies [80–82]. The gene discussed is CXCL9; the disease is COVID-19.