However, following infection, obese mice had increased circulating levels of B cell activating factor (BAFF, p = 0.0070), CCL5 (p = 0.0118), CCL17 (p = 0.0118), Chitinase-3-like 1 (p = 0.0118), CXCL5 (p = 0.0118), and IFN-alpha (p = 0.0118). Here, CHI3L1 is linked to infection.