4EBP1 was also positively associated with genes coupled to diabetes pathways, genes regulated by the transcription factors E2F, USF and SP1, the oncogenes HRAS and HOXB13 and several genes involved in negative regulation of translational initiation (EIF4EBP2, EIF2B3, EIF2C2) (S7 Table). This evidence concerns the gene HRAS and diabetes mellitus.