Interestingly, a recent meta-analysis of datasets consisting of renal samples derived from rat or mouse models of STZ-induced type 1 diabetes and those of type 2 diabetes has recently identified M-LP/Mpv17L as one of several shared down-regulated differentially expressed genes (DEGs) in type 1 and type 2 diabetic kidney disease [5]. The gene discussed is MPV17L; the disease is type 1 diabetes mellitus.