S100B and systemic lupus erythematosus: Given the important roles thatthe abnormal expression of S100B plays in the development of autoimmune andinflammatory diseases (Hofmann, etal., 1999; Hwang, etal., 2011; Bechmann,et al., 2013; Gomez-Tourino, et al., 2015), we hypothesized that SNPsin the S100B gene may influence the expression of S100B and ultimately be involvedin the etiology of SLE.