TNF and infection: Interestingly, 24 and 48 hours after infection, Ad5mHSF1-transduced mDCs showed a superior secretion of IL-1β (2381/2451 pg/mL), IL-6 (13965/16740 pg/mL), IL-8 (41154/43674 pg/mL), IL-12p70 (35/34 pg/mL), and TNF-α (5176/5005 pg/mL) to Mock-treated mDCs (1443/1877 pg/mL, 8993/11063 pg/mL, 27581/32420 pg/mL, 10/7 pg/mL, and 2757/1546 pg/mL, resp).