CXCL2 and Sepsis: Several other products implicated in the pathogenesis of sepsis were also induced by this treatment, including IL-12p40, CCL5/RANTES, CXCL1/KC, CCL9/MIP-1γ, CXCL2/MIP-2, P-Selectin, TIMP-1 and CCL2/MCP-1 (Figure 3C).