NR3C1 and autoimmune disease: Many single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) of the NR3C1 gene have already been found to be directly or indirectly related (through GC action or GC resistance) to different mental disorders, especially the stress-related ones and autoimmune diseases such as multiple sclerosis, systemic lupus erythematosus, rheumatoid arthritis, inflammatory bowel disease, and membranous nephropathy [7,8,9,10,11,12,13].