Using a panel of inflammatory cytokines and chemokines, including TNF‐α, IL‐1β, IL‐6, IL‐10, IL‐4, IL‐12B, monocyte chemoattractant protein‐1 (MCP‐1), and CXCL‐1, we first compared the inflammatory levels between DM and non‐DM mouse lungs. This evidence concerns the gene IL12B and diabetes mellitus.