TLR2 and type 2 diabetes mellitus: As shown in Figures 1(a) and 1(b), TLR expression in T2D and healthy subjects was assessed on monocytes, and the cell surface expression of TLR-2 (median, 28.7 for T2D and 34.3 for healthy) and TLR-4 (median, 24.8 for T2D and 27.9 for healthy) was similar in monocytes from T2D and healthy subjects (Figures 1(c) and 1(d)).