The C allele at the rs631090 locus of C1q, the G allele at 1525A/G site of TRAIL, and the G allele of Tim-1 at -1454G/A site are susceptibility variants associated with SLE.
We demonstrated 2 novel and 3 previously reported variants in genes associated with SLE: a homozygous non-sense alteration (c.622C>T/p.Gln208Ter) in <i>C1QA</i> in 2 patients; homozygous non-sense alteration (c.79C>T/p.Gln27Ter) in <i>C1QC</i> in 1 (novel variant); homozygous missense alteration (c.100G>A/p.Gly34Arg) in <i>C1QC</i> in 1; homozygous missense alteration (c.1945G>C/p.Ala649Pro) in <i>C1S</i> in 1 (novel variant); and homozygous frameshift alteration (c.289_290delAC/p.Thr97Ilefs*2) in <i>DNASE1L3</i> in 1 patient.