At least in APECED and thymoma, the development of cytokine autoantibodies is not limited to IFNs as they develop autoantibodies to other cytokines including IL-17A, IL-17F, IL-22, IL-12, and IL-1A (Kisand et al., 2010; Meager et al., 2006). The gene discussed is IL17A; the disease is thymoma.