Serum proinflammatory cytokines, including IL-17a, IFN-γ, IL-6, TNF, and IL-2, were significantly increased, while the anti-inflammatory cytokine IL-10 was significantly decreased in sodium chloride-pretreated BMDC-ALD-DNA-induced lupus mice (Supplementary Fig. 7b, Table 2). This evidence concerns the gene IL6 and systemic lupus erythematosus.