Of note, preliminary data already revealed that patients with aortic aneurysm peaked out for absolute concentrations of TNF-α at 18.16 ± 16.44 pg/ml (mean ± SD) (Supplementary Fig. 3a), an effect that remains visible for albumin-normalized TNF-α levels (Fig. 3a). The gene discussed is ALB; the disease is aortic aneurysm.