First, we could not compare plasma levels of ApoC-2, ApoA-1, 14–3–3 protein ζ/δ, and ITIH4 in patients with TAK with those in patients with other inflammatory diseases, such as systemic lupus erythematosus, rheumatoid arthritis, coronary artery diseases, and other bacterial infectious diseases. This evidence concerns the gene APOC2 and rheumatoid arthritis.