For example, an SNP in ST6GAL1, a gene encoding the β-galactoside α2,6-sialyltransferase, was associated with type 2 diabetes predisposition in Southeast Asians in a recent GWAS study [59], supporting growing evidence of the role of ST6GAL1 in inflammation [60]. The gene discussed is ST6GAL1; the disease is type 2 diabetes mellitus.