OCLN and Sepsis: In addition, sesamin significantly relieved the increase in the levels of MPO (21%, 33.3%), MDA (40.5% and 31.6%), DAO (1.24-fold and 2.31-fold), and pro-inflammatory cytokines such as TNF-α (75% and 79%) and IL-6 (1-fold and 1.67-fold) 24 and 48 h after sepsis induction and downregulated the expression of HMGB1, TLR4, and IL-33 while upregulating the expression of ZO-1 and occludin.