Some of the TNFAIP3 variants found in our population have been reported in other diseases: rs5029937 and F127C with RA and SLE, rs5029939 with SLE and systemic sclerosis, and F127C and rs610604 with psoriasis (45, 46, 60, 61). This evidence concerns the gene TNFAIP3 and systemic lupus erythematosus.