Sepsis patients had stronger staining of VEGF in intact epithelium (in sepsis 85% vs. 10% in controls had strong staining of basal and suprabasal epithelium, p < 0.001 and p = 0.001 respectively) and migrating wound edge epithelium (strong staining of basal epithelium in sepsis 75% vs. 10% in controls and mild staining of suprabasal epithelium 75% vs. 20%, p = 0.011 and p = 0.038 respectively) compared to healthy controls. This evidence concerns the gene VEGFA and Sepsis.