In benign tumors, nMPTC and MPTC tissues, both CXCR3 variants showed a significant increase when compared to B-CLT (CXCR3A: p=0.0050, p=0.0014 and p=0.0353; CXCR3B: p=0.001, p<0.0001 and p<0.0001) (Figure 3B). Here, CXCR3 is linked to benign neoplasm.