For females or males between pemphigus patients and controls, however, differences in the levels or antibody positivity of anti-Tg antibodies were only detected in males between patients and controls (plevel, PV/C = 0.0366, plevel, PF/C = 0.0238, ppositivity, PF/C = 0.0044). The gene discussed is TG; the disease is pemphigus.