UBQLNL and type 2 diabetes mellitus: Similarly, analysis of T2D risk genes in Mexican American populations had identified several novel candidate loci for T2D, such as rs979752 and rs10500641 near UBQLNL and OR52H1 on chromosome 11, rs2773080 and rs3922812 in or near RALGPS2 on chromosome 1, and rs1509957 near EGR2 on chromosome 10 [108].