Meanwhile, expression of α-SMA was inhibited in LX-2 by CXCL9 but not CXCL10, suggesting the different function of CXCR3 associated chemokines in liver fibrosis and that the various chemokines might affect HSCs via non-chemokines receptors as other researchers reported [40]. Here, CXCR3 is linked to Hepatic fibrosis.