IL6 and type 2 diabetes mellitus: High-fat food increased the translocation of live gram-negative bacteria through the intestinal mucosa and into the blood and mesenteric adipose tissue in mice, which was, in turn, linked to low-grade inflammation.(35) Sato et al.(19) reported that the level of interleukin-6, which was enhanced by lipoteichoic acid in a variety of cell types in other studies,(36) was higher in patients with T2DM, and they detected gut bacteria in the blood of these patients.