Endocrine Abstracts

Context: Type 2 diabetes (T2D) is associated with an increased incidence of infections and several cancers. Although low-grade inflammation and certain immune defects have been found in diabetic patients, the role of adaptive immune response remains to be fully elucidated.Objective: We aimed to explore whether patients with T2D show defects in the activation of T cells.Design: Immune cell phenotypes, T cell functional reactivity, s...