In T1DM patients with diabetic nephropathy, they also had elevated HSP 60 kDa isoform #A4, HSP71 kDa isoform #A30, and HSP27 kDa isoform #6 levels, but their HSP27 kDa isoforms #A90 and #A71 were decreased (Tessari et al. 2007). Here, HSPA8 is linked to diabetic kidney disease.