IL2RA and rheumatoid arthritis: In fact, among all autoimmune gwas-genes analyzed in our study, HLA-DRB1 was associated with MS, T1D and RA, three genes (PTPN22, PRKCQ, CTLA4) were shared between T1D and RA, three (IL2RA, IL7R and CLEC16A) between MS and T1D, and one more (CD40) between MS and RA.