In CHF patients, higher TNF- and IL-10-release as well as TNF- and IL-10-release per leucocytes upon LPS stimulation did not show any association with TNF-, IL-10, TGFB1, STAT1, STAT3, SOCS1, or SOCS3 expression in PBC (all p > 0.12 and all p > 0.28, respectively). This evidence concerns the gene STAT3 and congestive heart failure.