CXCL10 and cutaneous mastocytosis: Khadanga et al. (2014) reported a higher mortality and incidence of convulsions in non-pregnant women than in men, whereas Ikome et al. (2002) reported no correlation between the prevalence of CM and sex [10] However, Wilson et al. (2013) demonstrated that males with a polymorphism in the gene promoter of CXCL10, a pro-inflammatory chemokine, had an increased risk for CM [11].