Ming and co-workers illustrated overexpression of miR-182-5p in the podocytes of individuals with DKD, as opposed to non-diabetic controls, alluding that this increased expression was linked to a reduction in CD2-associated protein, which is crucial in podocyte apoptosis and subsequent development of chronic kidney disease in diabetic persons (Ming et al., 2019). The gene discussed is CD2; the disease is diabetic kidney disease.