CSF2 and type 1 diabetes mellitus: Type 1 diabetes is marked by an increase of inflammatory cytokines/chemokines, such as IL-6; sCD40L [23], [24]; IL-8 [25]; IL-1α; IL-2; IL-4; IL-5; IL-10; granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF); macrophage inflammatory protein (MIP)-1α; MIP-1β; and activation of normal T cell expressed and secreted (RANTES) [24].