PROX1 and type 2 diabetes mellitus: Recent evidence has identified another SNP in the 5′ UTR of PROX1 (rs340874) that is a genetic risk factor for T2D (Dupuis et al., 2010; Lecompte et al., 2013; Kretowski et al., 2015; Hamet et al., 2017; Adamska-Patruno et al., 2019).