The FAM167A-BLK locus in this region, for example, has been consistently found to be associated with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) GWASs in all major ancestries (International Consortium for Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Genetics (SLEGEN) et al., 2008; Hom et al., 2008; Ito et al., 2009; Suarez-Gestal et al., 2009; Sánchez et al., 2011; Castillejo-López et al., 2012; Delgado-Vega et al., 2012; Guthridge et al., 2014). This evidence concerns the gene BLK and systemic lupus erythematosus.