Table S1. Haplotype analysis of PLCL1 SNPs between DM patients and controls Haplotypes Case Control (%) (%) rs938929 rs1518364 rs2117339 rs6738825 rs7572733 G C A C C 71.8 A T G T T 28.2 2 Pc 76.2 8.4 0.019 23.8 7.6 0.030 Pc: P-value corrected by Bonferroni method Table S2. Association of the five PLCL1 SNPs and PM/DM patients with anti-Jo-1 antibody. Groups* rs938929 rs1518364 rs2117339 rs6738825 rs7572733 P OR (95%CI) P OR (95%CI) P OR (95%CI) P OR (95%CI) P OR (95%CI) P vs. N 0.97 1.01(0.61-1.67) 0.69 0.90(0.54-1.51) 0.98 1.00(0.60-1.66) 0.86 1.05(0.64-1.72) 0.85 0.95(0.57-1.59) P vs. C 0.62 1.13(0.70-1.81) 0.74 1.01(0.66-1.78) 0.66 1.12(0.69-1.81) 0.35 1.25(0.78-2.01) 0.66 1.11(0.69-1.81) N vs. C 0.32 1.12(0.90-1.39) 0.08 1.21(0.98-1.49) 0.31 1.12(0.90-1.39) 0.09 1.20(0.97-1.48) 0.15 1.17(0.94-1.45) OR odds ratio; CI confidence interval. *We only analyzed the PM/DM patients with anti-Jo-1 antibody from the Peking Union Medical College Hospital. Because the data of the PM/DM patients with anti-Jo-1 antibody from other three additional centers in China were missing, we could not analyze these patients. Group P: patients with anti-Jo-1 antibody positive; Group N: patients with anti-Jo-1 antibody negative; Group C: healthy controls; Group P (n=47); Group N (n=301); Group C (n=968), the data of some patients (n=95) from the Peking Union Medical College Hospital were missing. Table S3. A summary of loci associated with PM/DM through GWAS. Author Sample size PM Miller 1 Jani 2 DM 1178 410 739 Control 4724 3572 p Value Gene SNPs PLCL1 rs7572733 0.00089 PLCL1 rs1518364 0.0037 PLCL1 rs938929 0.0030 BLK rs2736340 0.0031 CCL21 rs2492358 0.0060 CCL21 rs951005 0.0076 5’ HLA-DQA1 rs116152465 TYK2 rs2304256 3’HLA-DRA1 rs114424451 5’BLK PM 0.00044 DM IIM 1.48542E-05 1.04525E-05 0.00020 0.00027 0.00021 9.09513E-06 rs13277113 0.00045 0.0077 BLK rs2618476 0.00062 0.0082 GLIS3 rs7020673 0.0023 ANKRD55 rs6859219 0.0023 RASGRP3 rs13385731 0.0049 5’ERBB3 rs11171739 0.0069 0.0054 ARHGAP31 rs11712165 0.0071 0.0080 5’ATG16L1 rs10210302 0.0094 0.0071 0.0033 P value: Miller et al. the p value from a false discovery rate (FDR); Jani et al. the p value from random-effects meta-analysis. Figure S1. Linkage disequilibrium (LD) analysis of the SNPs in the PLCL1 gene region. The LD plots were generated in Haploview software v4.2. Data from our study were similar to that from the HapMap CHB population. The number (divided by 100) in the small square represents the r2 value and ranges from 0 to 1. The five SNPs (rs938929, rs1518364, rs2117339, rs6738825, and rs7572733) in PLCL1 reside in an LD block. LD plots generated with data from (A). the present study; (B). HapMap CHB. References: 1. Miller FW, Cooper RG, Vencovsky J, Rider LG, Danko K, Wedderburn LR, et al. Genome-wide association study of dermatomyositis reveals genetic overlap with other autoimmune disorders. Arthritis Rheum 2013;65:3239-47. 2. Jani M, Massey J, Wedderburn LR, Vencovsky J, Danko K, Lundberg IE, et al. Genotyping of immune-related genetic variants identifies TYK2 as a novel associated locus for idiopathic inflammatory myopathies. Ann Rheum Dis 2014;73:1750-2.