HMGB1 and type 2 diabetes mellitus: Of particular interest were 16 target genes differentially expressed in T2D patients according to previously published transcriptomic studies and also located at the loci associated with T2D according to GWAS data [15] (ACVR1C, ATXN7, DCUN1D4, GIN1, GOLGA7, GTF3C2, HMG20A, HMGB1, INTS8, KIF11, RNF6, SBN1, SDC2, SSR1, UBE3C, ZFP36L2).