CD4 and systemic lupus erythematosus: After profiling 120 SLE patients for cell sorted bulk RNA-seq data (CD4+ T cells, CD14+ monocytes, B cells, and NK cells) from a multi-racial/ethnic cohort, a total of 10% of the samples were removed after QC filtering retaining 415 samples (91 NK, 105 B cells, 108 CD4+ T-cells, and 111 CD14+ monocytes) (Supplementary Fig. 1A).