Although SDF‐1 is not expressed in the endothelia of capillaries from many organs in normal conditions (such as kidneys, brain, skeletal muscles, lung and liver), it is encountered in the capillaries from the same organs in pathological conditions, such as glioblastoma multiforme, infarcted brain tissue, Burkitt lymphoma tissue and lobular capillary hemangioma. This evidence concerns the gene CXCL12 and Burkitt lymphoma.