That RANTES polymorphisms may play a role in cardiac pathology was also suggested by a report enrolling patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus and end stage renal disease [10]: the carriage of either RANTES -403 G/A or intronic polymorphism (In1.1 T/C) was associated with all-cause mortality due mainly to cardiac events. This evidence concerns the gene CCL5 and type 2 diabetes mellitus.