Conflict of interest statement The authors declare no conflicts of interest. Supporting Information Filename Description joim70027-sup-0001-SuppMat.docx2.1 MB Table S1. Comparison of clinical features and organ damage at diagnosis. Table S2. The clinical information of patients included for RNAseq analysis. Table S3. Primer sequences used for qRT-PCR analysis. Table S4. RNA-seq datasets of other autoimmune diseases. Table S5. Upregulated erythrocyte genes from RNAseq analysis. Table S6.