We then plotted the expression level of the lncRNA–mRNA pair of CTB-61M7.2-ACSL1 in these three groups and found they were significantly upregulated in sepsis specimens compared with control and no_sepsis (Figure 2D), whereas the two RP11-284N8.3-CD2 and LINC00861–IL7R pairs were significantly downregulated in sepsis (Figure 2D). Here, CD2 is linked to Sepsis.