ANXA11 and sarcoidosis: Additional studies have been performed in African American patients by checking 209 SNPs in the ANXA11 gene, and found that new rare variants are independently associated with the risk of disease susceptibility and radiographic stage, while some others have a protective effect, and finally suggesting that the relationship between genetic variants in ANXA11 and sarcoidosis risk is more complex among people of African origin [56,57].