McKinney et al. recently showed that a higher level of PTPN22, along with a low level of ITGA and Notch1 in CD8 + T cells but not PBMC, was associated with a poor prognosis in SLE and anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitis [30]. The gene discussed is CD8A; the disease is systemic lupus erythematosus.