Serving as chemokines, CXCL9, CXCL10, and CXCL11 attract the cells with their cognate receptor CXCR3, including neutrophils, monocytes/macrophages, dendritic cells, T cells, and NK cells, to the site of infection (Callahan et al., 2021). This evidence concerns the gene CXCL11 and infection.