CXCL10 and infection: In parallel with the gene expression profile, at 24 h post infection, VN04/H5N1 led to significantly higher RANTES (p<0.001) (Figure 7A, left panel) and IP-10 (p<0.001) (Figure 7B, left panel) protein secretion in ud-NHBE cells compared with HK98/H1N1.