CCR7 has an important role to migrate dendritic cells and/or T cells from brain parenchyma to deep cervical lymph nodes for immune response; CCR7 deficient inflammatory cells are retained in the central nervous system (CNS) and exacerbate CNS autoimmune diseases, including multiple sclerosis (Kivisäkk et al., 2004; Clarkson et al., 2017). The gene discussed is CCR7; the disease is autoimmune disease.