CXCL8 and type 2 diabetes mellitus: One study evaluated urinary cytokine levels in patients with T2DM with normo- and microalbuminuria and found a significant increase in urinary IL-8, IP-10, MCP-1, G-CSF, eotaxin, RANTES, and TNF-α levels in patients with microalbuminuria compared to patients with normoalbuminuria.