Concordantly, the density of CD68+ cells was higher in the type 1 diabetes group (856.3±508.2 cells/mm2) than in the Aab+ (312.8±268.4 cells/mm2) or non-diabetic (136.6±56.3 cells/mm2) groups (p=0.01; Fig. 1C). The gene discussed is CD68; the disease is type 1 diabetes mellitus.