NT5E and type 2 diabetes mellitus: Metformin, the first-line oral medication for type 2 diabetes (T2D), has been reported to be a classical example of drug-repositioning in cancer immunotherapy by exerting anti-inflammatory effect, and enhancing the T cell immunity through reducing the expression of the immune checkpoint PD-L1, CD73, or participating in the metabolic reprogramming, and so on [24,25,26].