TNF and Sepsis: The results listed in Table 2 indicated that serum levels of miR-103 were negatively correlated with the levels of IL-1β (r = −0.691, P < 0.001), IL-6 (r = −0.725, P < 0.001), and TNF-α (r = −0.654, P < 0.001) in patients with sepsis.