Thus, significantly lower levels of circulating serum IL-6 (Figure 3A), IFN-γ (Figure 3B), KC (Figure 3C), IP-10 (Figure 3D) and MCP-1 (Figure 3E) were detected at 72 h of infection in DCs-depleted than in non-depleted mice. This evidence concerns the gene CXCL10 and infection.