SMPD1 and Sepsis: Body weight dropped in wild-type animals to a median value of 94.44% (interquartile range (IQR) 25%: 93.38 and IQR 75%: 94.92%) of control values (100%) and in SMPD1 heterozygous littermates to a median value of 93.37% (IQR 25%: 90.81 and IQR 75%: 95.16%) 24 h following sepsis induction and was still significantly reduced at 48 h.