Regarding oxidative stress, despite a 2-fold (p = 0.0016) increase in the 3-nitrotyrosine in Sepsis compared with Sham mice (Figs. 3I, S3), the mRNA levels encoding the antioxidant enzymes Sod1, Sod2, and Cat were not different (Fig. 3H). This evidence concerns the gene SOD2 and Sepsis.