One of the most commonly presented proteins in our assay was vimentin, a member of the intermediate filament family of the cellular cytoskeleton, which plays a crucial role in the pathogenesis of various inflammatory and autoimmune diseases including: rheumatoid arthritis, systemic lupus erythematosus, ankylosing spondyloarthritis, among others (40). Here, VIM is linked to rheumatoid arthritis.