ADSL and Sepsis: Due to their important roles in innate host defense, AMPs have recently received increasing attention in sepsis because they can inhibit proinflammatory responses by directly destroying bacteria or neutralizing LPS or LTA (Vaara and Porro, 1996; Park et al., 2000; Giacometti et al., 2002; Heinbockel et al., 2013; Bosso et al., 2017).