Surprisingly, concentrations of TNFα, sTNFR-1 and CXCL8 in BALF of C-ARDS were significantly lower than in NC-ARDS (Table 3, Figures 5C–E), but significantly higher than in controls for sTNFR-1 and CXCL8 (Table 3, Figures 5D, E). The gene discussed is CXCL8; the disease is acute respiratory distress syndrome.