ICAM1 and Sepsis: Human dermal microvascular endothelial cells were treated with LPS for 24 h and then RNA isolated from untreated and LPS treated HMECs were assayed for relative expression of the pro-inflammatory mediators, ICAM1, VCAM1, and IL6. LPS treatment significantly induced ICAM1 (14.2 ± 0.57 in LPS vs. 2 ± 1.9 in untreated), VCAM1 (9.3 ± 0.87 in LPS vs. 2.1 ± 1.09 in untreated), and IL6 (10.1 ± 0.61 in LPS vs. 1.9 ± 0.9 in untreated; P < 0.05 in each case; Figure 1), confirming successful induction of in vitro sepsis.