Objective To explore the mechanism of hyper-permeability in hemorrhagic fever of renal syndrome (HFRS). Methods Immunocytochemistry was used to detect the production of dentin matrix protein 1 (DMP1). The penetrability changes of human umbilical vein endothelial cells were detected by transwell monolayer system. Uninfected vein endothelial cells were used as the negative control in each experiment. Immunofluorescence was used to guarantee that cells were infected by HTNV before each experiment. Results HTNV infection alone did not change the penetrability of vein endothelial cells. but the penetrability elevated remarkably after TNF-α or DMP1 were added, and increased even more when both two were added. Conclusions TNF-α and DMP1 can increase the penetrability of HTNV infected endothelial cells, and there were combined effects. They may play a role in the immunopathogenesis of HFRS.