ELANE and type 2 diabetes mellitus: The level of neutrophil elastase 2 was significantly reduced in the lung homogenates of LTi-treated Mtb-infected T2DM mice compared with the lung homogenates of Mtb-infected T2DM mice (4.27 ± 1.46 vs. 1.86 ± 0.8, p<0.001, Fig 6H).