Although l-lactate transport into HEK-Slc16a13 cells was only increased 2-fold compared to the HEK-control cells (Fig. 2b), recently published data on the SLC16A11 transporter also showed a comparably mild change in SLC16A11-dependent pyruvate transport that still may have an effect on T2D risk6. Here, SLC16A11 is linked to type 2 diabetes mellitus.