To investigate the association between TNIP1 and GC risk, we genotyped 4 variants associated with SLE and systemic sclerosis [17–19], rs3792792, rs4958881, rs7708392, rs10036748, and analyzed the difference between GC patients and matched controls from the Chinese Han population from Northwest China. The gene discussed is TNIP1; the disease is systemic lupus erythematosus.