Freshly isolated neutrophils from T2DM patients did not exhibit significant differences in mRNA expression of investigated genes (caspase-1, IL-1β, NF-κB, Ncf-1, catalase, caspase-3, Bax, and Bcl-2) as compared to healthy subject (Fig 1). The gene discussed is CASP3; the disease is type 2 diabetes mellitus.