TNF and type 2 diabetes mellitus: The production of NO and proinflammatory cytokines was not altered in the presence of BSA (P > 0.05) in T2DM patients and ND controls: NO, 11.5 ± 1.3 and 13.6 ± 2.2; IL-6, 86.1 ± 14.1 and 126.0 ± 29.0; and TNF-alpha, 140.0 ± 28.1 and 535.8 ± 115, respectively.