Content and ultrastructure of natural killer cells in the blood of patients with newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes mellitus
V.V. Popova,
K.P. Zak,
M.D. Tronko
Abstract:Background. In patients with newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), a small but statistically significant decrease in absolute number of natural killer (NK) cells (CD56+) in the peripheral blood (PB) was found, especially pronounced with concomitant obesity. In connection with the above, one of the main aims of the present report was to further study the role of NK cells in patients with newly diagnosed T2DM, including those with obesity. For this purpose, a combination of flow cytometry methods with… Show more
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