GPX4 and infection: Ferroptosis occurs due to the hijacking of the function of mitochondria, the escape of components of the mitochondrial transport chain into cytosols such as Cyt c and COX II, the knockdown of the GPx4 isoform, and the destruction of the heme group in some enzymes by hypochlorous acid (HOCl) in infection by the SARS-CoV-2 virus [2].