MALT1 and Sepsis: The median PBMC MALT1 expression in sepsis patients and HCs was 2.395 (interquartile range (IQR): 1.640–3.675) and 0.980 (IQR: 0.763–1.450), separately, which showed that PBMC MALT1 expression was higher in sepsis patients compared with HCs (Z = −6.410, p < 0.001, Figure 1A).