HSF1 and type 2 diabetes mellitus: The GTEx-calculator (https://gtexportal.org/home/testyourown, date of access 3 October 2022) was used to assess the effects of the T2D-asociated SNPs on the expression levels of molecular chaperones representing the Hsp70 and Hsp90 families, which are known targets of HSF1 in T2D-related tissues such as the pancreas, skeletal muscle, and adipose tissue (Table 8).