Notably, most proteins in the panel wereassociated with anti-COVID,and antiviral activity reflecting a typical response imprinted insaliva following SARS-CoV-2 infection24,25 But only ACTN1and GSN have previously been reported as dysregulated in the salivaof patients with COVID-19 or convalescent individuals, and NDKA hasnot been associated with COVID-19 until now. The gene discussed is GSN; the disease is COVID-19.