IL6 and type 1 diabetes mellitus: In addition, a series of genes highlighted in this study are involved in molecular and cellular events associated with T1D (IL1B, TNF, IFNG, GZMB, and GZMH) [25, 26] and inflammatory processes (IL1B, IFNG, IL6, PTX3, CCL20, CXCL2, and DUSP2) [3, 27], endorsing other studies in the literature.