TREX1 and systemic lupus erythematosus: mRNAs acknowledged by previous reports to be associated with the pathogenesis of SLE include stat4, Itgax, Lyn, Tnfaip3 Cdkn1b, Intergenic, Ptpn22, Trex1, Hla-a, Ifi44, Ifi44l, Ifit1, Ly6e and Irf7 [43].