In both OA and RA patients, the percentage of VGLL3-positive cells had moderate correlations with that of STAT1-positive cells (r = 0.5212, p < 0.05, Fig. 3B) and was weakly correlated with the proportion of MX1-positive cells (r = 0.2786, p < 0.05, Fig. 3D). This evidence concerns the gene VGLL3 and rheumatoid arthritis.