Third, in the previous paper, the median plasma sICAM-1 concentrations for survivor and non-survivor among patients with ARDS were 338 ng/mL and 737 ng/mL, respectively [21], whereas the plasma ICAM-1 values of our patients in each group were far fewer than those values in the previous paper namely those of survivors. The gene discussed is ICAM1; the disease is acute respiratory distress syndrome.