NOG and type 2 diabetes mellitus: In addition, it was also shown that Noggin expression reduces glycaemia and vascular inflammation in db/db mice32 and it was suggested that T2DM induces vascular inflammation by altering the balance between BMP‐2/4 and noggin.11 In line with this, we demonstrate that monocytes from T2DM patients express higher levels of BMP‐2 mRNA further supporting the notion that T2DM results in increased expression of BMP‐2.