The SNP shown by Raj et al. [11] to be strongly associated with SLE and an eQTL for SLC39A8 is actually a weak eQTL for this gene, and the effect is probably related to its LD with SNPs in the promoter of SLC39A8. The main eQTL peak for SLC39A8 is located within the promoter of that gene [9], not BANK1. We have analyzed our data for a putative association of the SLC39A8 locus and SLE, and did not observe any evidence of this association (data not shown). The gene discussed is BANK1; the disease is systemic lupus erythematosus.