These findings suggest that rs77191406 may be a prognostic marker for a high risk for rapid malignancy progression, poor survival and refractory disease and a new molecular marker associated with autoimmune diseases transforming into a secondary cancer.
To replicate a single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) of known genes for lupus (IRF5 rs10488631, PTPN22 rs2476601, BLK rs2736340 and TNFAIP3 rs5029939) and other autoimmune diseases (CD28 rs1980422, IL2RA rs2104286 and KIF5A rs1678542) on a newly studied Egyptian cohort to investigate the genetic disparity with different studied ethnic groups in relation to lupus susceptibility.