CXCL9 and uveitis: Furthermore, the primed mice, which received prior intramuscular injection of dead-Mtb, were more likely to have a chronic course of uveitis than the unprimed ones, with a significantly higher level of IL-17, VEGF, CXCL9, CXCL10, IL-12p40, and macrophage inflammatory protein-1α (MIP-1α/CCL3) in the vitreous samples (18).