CXCL10 levels in BAL supernatant were not different in patients with SSc-ILD compared to SSc without ILD [76.1 pg/ml (7.2–120.8) vs. 22.3 pg/ml (12.1–43.7), P = 0.24, 95% CI: −19.5 to 100]. This evidence concerns the gene CXCL10 and systemic sclerosis.