Another aspect relevant to consider is that capillary leakage into the interstitial space increases in severe illness such as sepsis, leading to the sequestration of albumin41. As galectin-3 was found to reflect the hyperinflammatory state of patients, its predictive ability together with CRP, albumin and CT pulmonary affection > 50% was tested. The gene discussed is CRP; the disease is Sepsis.