PDK4 and type 2 diabetes mellitus: Reverse transcription quantitative PCR (RT-qPCR) analysis showed that expression of the PA-inducible transcripts PLIN2, PDK4, ACADVL, and ANGPTL4 (Figure 2) was significantly higher in Mos exposed to T2DM patients’ hi-plasma than in those exposed to ND donor hi-plasma (Figure 3B).