SLC7A11 and diabetes mellitus: also reported that ferroptosis was associated with DN, that ferroptosis-related molecules, such as SlC7A11 and GPX4, were reduced in kidney biopsy samples from patients with DN compared with those from non-DN patients, and that the mRNA and protein expression of SLC7A11 and GPX4 were reduced in the kidneys of DM mice compared with that in control mice (16).Wang et al.