In addition, Sathishkumar et al. reported a significant increase in the expression of several lncRNAs (e.g., HOTAIR, Meg3, LET, MALAT1, MIAT, CDKN2BAS1/ANRIL, XIST, PANDA, GAS5, Linc-p21, ENST00000550337.1, PLUTO, and NBR2) and a significant decrease in the expression of lncRNAs THRIL and SALRNA1 in 30 patients with T2DM compared with the levels in 30 control subjects (145). The gene discussed is PLUT; the disease is type 2 diabetes mellitus.