Likewise, neutrophils, important to the amelioration of early bacteremia, are attracted by CXCL6 [38], which was upregulated in the liver (23.1-fold), lung (6.4-17.5-fold), and spleen (14.6-fold) post infection (Supplementary Tables 2 and 3). Here, CXCL6 is linked to bacterial infectious disease with sepsis.