To identify if E. coli infection can upregulate SLURP1 transcription in humans, we analyzed one public human data set encompassed sepsis caused by E. coli or Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus), and found that SLURP1 transcription level was higher in E. coli-infected patients, as compared with healthy controls or S. aureus-infected patients (Figure 1J). The gene discussed is SLURP1; the disease is escherichia coli infection.