CXCL10 and AIDS dementia complex: The chemokines CXCL10 and CXCL11 were assessed because we found their levels to be elevated in the brain of HIVgp120tg mice and CXCL10 has been linked to neuronal dysfunction and found to be overexpressed in the CNS of HIV encephalitis (HIVE) patients [8, 15, 16].