LCN2 and type 2 diabetes mellitus: Our data also indicated that metabolic hormone i.e., GIP, cytokine i.e., GM-CSF and apolipoprotein i.e., Apo-AI levels were significantly (fdr corrected p-value < 0.10) decreased while lipocalin-2 was significantly increased in T2DM group as compared with control group (fdr corrected p-value < 0.10).