While all three sites of SLC16A6 function might be important determinants of height, the association of loss-of-function coding variations within the pyruvate transporter SLC16A11 gene and type 2 diabetes mellitus appears to be due to loss of SLC16A11 function in liver exclusively (Rusu et al., 2017). Here, SLC16A6 is linked to type 2 diabetes mellitus.