Table 1.

Overview of data files/data sets

Label	Name of data file/data set	File types (file extension)	Data repository and identifier (DOI or accession number)
Data file 1	Raw sequence files	Fastq	Sequence Read Archive https://identifiers.org/ncbi/insdc.sra:SRP273118
Data file 2	Normalized expression values	Text (txt)	Gene Expression Omnibus (https://identifiers.org/geo:GSE154918)
Data set 3	ST1_QC_Sepsis_080221.xlsx Quality control of raw reads before trimming, after trimming, uniquely mapped reads and percentage of mapped reads	Excel	Figshare https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.13740400.v1
Data set 4	ST2_summary_table_080221.xlsx Summary statistics for patient groups	Excel	Figshare https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.13740400.v1
Data set 5	ST3_Patients_characteristics_080221.xlsx Description of patients characteristics	Excel	Figshare https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.13740400.v1
Data set 6	S4_Material_Methods_080221.docx Detailed Material and Methods	Word	Figshare https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.13740400.v1