Table 2. Differential expression analyses for the detected eQTL genes in multiple SLE related cells.

Sample	S1	S2	S3
Disease	SLE	SLE	SLE
Target cells	Macrophages	Mononuclear cells	Peripheral blood cells
Sample size	20∶16	20∶16	21∶45
Platform	Illumina HumanHT-12 V4.0 expression beadchip	Illumina HumanHT-12 V4.0 expression beadchip	Hitachisoft AceGene Human Oligo Chip 30K 1 Chip
Ref.	Database#	Database#	[14]
GSE NO.	GSE37356	GSE37356	GSE20864

Note: Sample size: SLE cases: controls; N/A: Not available;

^*:ratio of mean expression values of log2(sample/reference).

GSE NO: Gene Expression Omnibus Number, www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/geo/.

Database#: The data downloaded from the database (www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/geo/) according to GSE number.

We only listed the most significant expression results of probes if one gene has multiple detected probes.