Immune Dysregulation Connecting Type 2 Diabetes and Cardiovascular Complications
Abstract
1. Introduction
1.1. Dysregulated Insulin/InsR Signaling and Its Implications in the Development of T2D and CVDs
1.2. Association of Adipocyte-Derived Hormone, the Immune System, and T2D-CVDs
1.3. The Dysregulation of Immune Cells in T2D
1.4. Effects of Cytokines (IFNγ, TNFα, IL17, IL6) on the Development of T2D and Its Related Cardiovascular Complications
2. Summary/Perspective
Author Contributions
Funding
Conflicts of Interest
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Deck, K.; Mora, C.; Deng, S.; Rogers, P.; Rafferty, T.; Palade, P.T.; Mu, S.; Liu, Y. Immune Dysregulation Connecting Type 2 Diabetes and Cardiovascular Complications. Life 2025, 15, 1241. https://doi.org/10.3390/life15081241
Deck K, Mora C, Deng S, Rogers P, Rafferty T, Palade PT, Mu S, Liu Y. Immune Dysregulation Connecting Type 2 Diabetes and Cardiovascular Complications. Life. 2025; 15(8):1241. https://doi.org/10.3390/life15081241
Chicago/Turabian StyleDeck, Katherine, Christoph Mora, Shuoqiu Deng, Pamela Rogers, Tonya Rafferty, Philip T. Palade, Shengyu Mu, and Yunmeng Liu. 2025. "Immune Dysregulation Connecting Type 2 Diabetes and Cardiovascular Complications" Life 15, no. 8: 1241. https://doi.org/10.3390/life15081241
APA StyleDeck, K., Mora, C., Deng, S., Rogers, P., Rafferty, T., Palade, P. T., Mu, S., & Liu, Y. (2025). Immune Dysregulation Connecting Type 2 Diabetes and Cardiovascular Complications. Life, 15(8), 1241. https://doi.org/10.3390/life15081241