When we compared a total of 14,402 transcripts from the CD4+ T cells of SLE patients (N = 14) to HC (N = 9), statistical analysis revealed 96 probe sets representing 92 unique transcripts that were differentially expressed at ≥1.5 fold threshold (p<0.05, Welch’s t-test, BH-FDR). Here, CD4 is linked to systemic lupus erythematosus.