Lymphocytes subsets in T2DM and normal controls are shown in Table 2; several immune cells were measured, including lymphocytes (CD3+), T helper cells (CD4+), T-cytotoxic cells (CD8+), double positive CD4/CD8, natural killer cells (CD56+), and B cells (CD19+), and no significant differences between T2DM patients and normal controls were observed, Table 2. The gene discussed is CD8A; the disease is type 2 diabetes mellitus.