The results, expressed as the means ± SD, were MDA, 14.5 ± 3.5 and 8.7 ± 3.3; IL-6, 119.1 ± 23.3 and 97.6 ± 13.5; TNF-alpha, 78.7 ± 32.7 and 58.5 ± 29.5; NO, 53.5 ± 12.9 and 51.13 ± 8.7, for T2DM patients and ND controls, respectively. The gene discussed is IL6; the disease is type 2 diabetes mellitus.