Healthy subjects (n = 60) and SLE patients not taking glucocorticoids (n = 460) had normally distributed and similar levels of expression of GILZ, with median, mean (± standard deviation) of 7.769, 7.727 (± 0.113) and 7.750, 7.749 (± 0.156) respectively. The gene discussed is TSC22D3; the disease is systemic lupus erythematosus.