AGTR1 and type 2 diabetes mellitus: Moreover, according with the already reported finding of a relatively lower AT2R tissue expression in the adult when compared with AT1R expression[28], we show in human monocytes of diabetic subjects that the AT2R is expressed at a lower level than AT1R. However we have to acknowledge that the results reported here, obtained in a population mainly constituted by male subjects, apply only to type 2 diabetic patients.