TNF and infection: In contrast, the infected control group had 60.2 ng/mL, 2.3 ng/mL, 1,073.9 ng/mL, and 532.2 ng/mL levels of IL-6, TNF-α, KC, and CRP, respectively, in the 5th h after infection, and these levels decreased by 18.5, 2.3, 10.5, and 8.4 times at the 8th h, respectively.