A number of other antisense lncRNAs have also been shown to be induced in response to LPS, including lnc-IL7R (interleukin-7 receptor α-subunit) in human THP-1 monocytes [72], NRIR (Negative Regulator of the IFN Response) in human monocytes from systemic sclerosis patients [73], Ptprj-as1 [74] and Mirt2 [75] in mouse macrophages, as well as IL7-AS (antisense to the IL7 gene promoter) in both human THP-1 monocytes and mouse RAW 264.7 macrophages [59]. Here, IL7 is linked to systemic sclerosis.