This study comprised 18 T1DM patientswith DKD (cases) and 9 long-duration T1DM patients without DKD (controls).MALAT1 and TUG1 were analyzed using qPCR.Bioinformatics analyses were done to identify both lncRNA target genes and thesignaling pathways under their regulation. The gene discussed is TUG1; the disease is diabetic kidney disease.