In another study focusing on aberrantly expressed lncRNAs in patients with type 2 diabetes, CD36 mRNA expression had a high correlation coefficient with two co-expressed lncRNAs (NONCODE IDs n382000 and n341587) (Wang et al., 2017), demonstrating a possible role in the pathogenesis of type 2 diabetes through regulation of inflammation. The gene discussed is CD36; the disease is type 2 diabetes mellitus.