The plasma concentration of TNF‐α increased from 0.9 ± 0.4 to 7.5 ± 2.4 ng mL−1 after 4 h of sepsis in the vehicle‐treated group, prior to returning toward premorbid levels by 24 h of sepsis (0.9 ± 0.2 ng mL−1; Figure 6). The gene discussed is TNF; the disease is Sepsis.