CTBP2 and acute respiratory distress syndrome: Here, we used RNA-Seq to study gene changes in mice with lipopolysaccharides (LPS)-induced ARDS and LPS-treated CtBP2-knockdown (CtBP2KD), p300KD, and p65KD cells, emphasizing the CtBP2-p300-NF-κB specificity in proinflammatory gene regulation.