In addition, CXCL9, CXCL10, and CXCL11 are related to the migration of TRAIL CD56+bright NK cells that promote liver injury to the liver in chronic hepatitis B-associated cirrhosis (Lian et al., 2014; Okuhara et al., 2014; Yoshio et al., 2018; Jiang et al., 2021). This evidence concerns the gene CXCL9 and chronic hepatitis B virus infection.