Since circulating miR-29 has been reported in newly diagnosed T2D patients and, furthermore, upregulation of miR-29 expression contributes to development of the first stage of type 1 diabetes mellitus in the T1D model of NOD mice [170], there is the possibility that miR-29 regulates MCL1 at different stages of the disease. The gene discussed is MCL1; the disease is type 1 diabetes mellitus.