PLUT and type 2 diabetes mellitus: Compared to control subjects, expression levels of lncRNAs in PBMCs from type 2 diabetes patients showed significantly (p < 0.05) increased levels of HOTAIR, MEG3, LET, MALAT1, MIAT, CDKN2BAS1/ANRIL, XIST, PANDA, GAS5, Linc-p21, ENST00000550337.1, PLUTO, and NBR2.