TP53 and type 2 diabetes mellitus: Recently discovered to be a genetic risk factor for T2DM (i.e., TP53 Pro72Arg polymorphism) from a case–control study performed on a Chinese population, the p53 serum level was determined to be strongly correlated with clinical and biochemical parameters in 225 T2DM in comparison to 255 non-diabetic control individuals [209,210].