TNF and type 1 diabetes mellitus: Homeostatic cytokine IL-7, pro-inflammatory cytokines IL-8 and TNF-α, and the growth factor VEGF-C were elevated in T1DM patients (2.3 ± 0.6 pg/ml, 4.7 ± 1.3 pg/ml, 1.6 ± 0.2 pg/ml and 63.2 ± 20.3 pg/ml respectively) versus HCs (1.4 ± 0.6 pg/ml, 2.8 ± 0.5 pg/ml, 1.4 ± 0.2 pg/ml and 50.8 ± 48.2 pg/ml respectively); p = 0.008, p = 0.003, p = 0.041 and p = 0.013 respectively as reported by us recently [7].