Among eight Lead SNPs associated with RA, rs7404928, rs615672 and rs6457620 were prioritised by eQTL to the same mRNA transcripts (as well as nonoverlapping mRNAs), and all prioritised SNPs converged towards immune response (GO:0006955) and/or antigen processing and presentation via MHC class I (GO:0002474) or class II (GO:0002586) through at least one path—including SNPs that mapped outside of the MHC region. This evidence concerns the gene HLA-C and rheumatoid arthritis.