SOAT1 and autoimmune disease: On the other hand, the association of polymorphisms of genes involved in the JAK-STAT pathway with the risk of several autoimmune diseases (Liang et al., 2012[9]; Ebrahimiyan et al., 2019[4]; Pellenz et al., 2021[11]) has provided a very interesting research area for the development of a laboratory diagnostic kit to identify the high-risk individuals for developing autoimmune diseases.