CIITA and Behcet disease: A recent study of a Chinese Han population indicated that CIITA SNP rs12932187 G allele and GG genotype were risk factors to BD, and the GG carriers had a higher expression of the CIITA gene and a lower level of IL-10 protein secretion from the peripheral blood monocytes (PBMC) in response to Lipopolysaccharide (LPS) stimulation [39].