PDLIM2 conditional knockout (KO) mice and wild type (WT) control mice were intratracheally instilled with the bacterial endotoxin lipopolysaccharide (LPS) to induce acute lung injury (ALI), a murine model of human acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) that can also provide mechanistic insights into COPD, pulmonary fibrosis (PF) and infectious disease. The gene discussed is PDLIM2; the disease is pulmonary fibrosis.