Among the MCODE genes screened above, we found that BCL2, CARM1, CASP8, HDAC3, HDAC6, MCL1, NR3C1, BACE1, CASP1, CCR5, and CTSBT2D were expressed in another independent dataset (GSE182923) with T2DM samples. This evidence concerns the gene BCL2 and type 2 diabetes mellitus.