The authors suggest that an increase in the level of inflammatory cytokines, including INF-α (tumor necrosis factor-α), INF- γ (interferon-γ), and IL-10 (interleukin-10), after SARS-CoV-2 infection initiates autoimmune disease (Rodríguez et al., 2020). Here, IFNA17 is linked to autoimmune disease.