Studies have shown that type 2 diabetes is characterized by chronic hyperglycemia due to a reduction in insulin response, inflammation, metabolic dysregulation, increased formation of free radicals, and decreased antioxidant capacity (Golbidi et al., 2012; Foudi and Legeay, 2021), eventually causing disease complications (Liu et al., 2019). The gene discussed is INS; the disease is type 2 diabetes mellitus.