Most of the identified DEGs, including PAX5, OPRD1, PCOLCE2, CDKN1C, GABRA2, IL6, PDE7B, SIRT1, SOCS1, SYT1, SYT12, SYT14, and TET1, represent findings not observed in previous transcriptomic analyses of T2D islets (1–8). This evidence concerns the gene IL6 and type 2 diabetes mellitus.