An elevated tissue and/or cellular expression of CXCL10 is shown in organ-specific autoimmune diseases (including type 1 diabetes [26], Graves' disease [27] or Graves' ophthalmopathy [27], and AT [28–30]) or systemic rheumatological disorders (systemic lupus erythematosus, rheumatoid arthritis, systemic sclerosis [31–34], psoriasis [31] or psoriatic arthritis [35], and sarcoidosis [31, 36]). Here, CXCL10 is linked to autoimmune disease.