IL6 and bacterial infectious disease with sepsis: At 23-h of bacteremia, prior to splanchnic denervation, there were similar increases in the plasma concentrations of the pro-inflammatory cytokine, IL-6, in the sham (from 2.84 ± 0.23 to 4.42 ± 0.706 ng/mL, P = 0.049) and intervention groups, (3.46 ± 0.74 to 5.20 ± 0.76 ng/mL, P = 0.027).