CDH5 and infection: In the blood from patients having a severe infection, the apparent molecular masses of VE-cadherin were 70 kDa (4.14 ± 0.56 vs. 26.51 ± 3.72; p = 0.015), 62 kDa (6.89 ± 1.45 vs. 24.33 ± 3.53; p = 0.015), and 54 kDa (26.44 ± 3.83 vs. 36.64 ± 7.76; p = 0.015) (Figure 4b).