Annexin A3 (ANXA3) was selected among a pool of candidates on the basis of: (i) its expression being increased in vitro in neutrophils exposed to plasma from a septic patient for 6 hr (GEO dataset GSE49755);2 and (ii) the apparent lack of literature addressing the role of ANXA3 in sepsis (the selection process is described in more details in Ref. This evidence concerns the gene ANXA3 and Sepsis.