IL1B and type 2 diabetes mellitus: Previous research showed that Magnolia kobus potently inhibited the lipopolysaccharide‐induced production of TNF‐α and IL‐1β in a murine macrophage‐like cell.30 Our current results indicate that T2D induced significant increases in TNF‐α, IL‐1β, and ICAM expression levels, which were substantially reduced by MH.