Some lncRNAs were found to be relevant to atherosclerosis such as antisense lncRNA of INK4b/ARF/INK4a locus (ANRIL), antisense lncRNA of NOS3 (NOS3-AS), and antisense transcript of APOA1 (APOA1-AS) which were increased in atherosclerotic SLE patients than non-atherosclerotic SLE patients. Here, NOS3 is linked to atherosclerosis.