However, 21 cytokines differed significantly between patients with active, but not inactive, SLE and HC, including CRP (6.19 [5.75–6.59] pg/mL versus 5.97 [5.31–6.18] pg/mL; p=0.001) and CXCL13 (2.03 [1.88–2.27] pg/mL versus 1.78 [1.69–1.89] pg/mL; p<0.001; Supplementary Tables 4, 5). This evidence concerns the gene CXCL13 and systemic lupus erythematosus.