It should be pointed out that both Gas6 and sAxl displayed a good accuracy in ILD identification in our cohort (AUC of 0.787 and 0.705, respectively) similar to that reported for KL-6 (0.689) [55]; if direct comparisons are inappropriate due to differences in study design, we can propose the sAxl/Gas6 assay as an additional tool for identification of ILD in patients affected by SS and SSD. The gene discussed is GAS6; the disease is interstitial lung disease.