Cytokines released in the liver parenchyma induce chemokine release by liver cells, including IFN-gamma-inducible protein (IP-10/CXCL10), IFN-gamma-induced monokine (MIG/CXCL9), IFN-inducible T-cell alpha chemoattractant (I-TAC/CXCL11), macrophage inflammatory protein (MIP)-1alpha (MIP/CCL3), and MIP-1beta/CCL4, which recruit [14] specific cells capable of infection control. This evidence concerns the gene CXCL9 and infection.