TRAF1 and rheumatoid arthritis: Despite these limitations, GWAS have nonetheless identified pathways likely to be involved in RA pathogenesis, such as the CD40 signalling pathway (with RA susceptibility SNPs mapping close to the CD40, TRAF1, TRAF6, TNFAIP3, NF-κB (c-Rel) genes) or the T cell receptor (TCR) signalling pathway (PTPN22, RasGRP, PKC-θ, TNFAIP3, TRAF6, etc.)[37].