Pathway analysis on the CLEC12A co-expression QTL genes revealed stronger enrichment for the IFN pathway in the SLE patients (FDR = 1.965 × 10−7) compared to the healthy controls (FDR = 1.203 × 10−3), again supporting that this pathway is involved in the regulation of CLEC12A through the locus with the rs12230244 SNP. Here, CLEC12A is linked to systemic lupus erythematosus.