CD8⁺ T and NK cells characterized by upregulation of NPEPPS and ABHD17A are associated with the co-occurrence of type 2 diabetes and coronary artery disease.

"the ncbi gene expression comprehensive public database (geo) provides source support for data collection and subsequent analysis gse66360 annotated hg-133u from gpl570 in peripheral blood_plus_2 microarray measurement of gene expression which included 49 myocardial infarction groups and 50 healthy cohorts gse78721 was annotated by gpl15207 from different adipose depots (thigh visceral and subcutaneous) of patients suffering from type 2 diabetes."

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"The author(s) declare financial support was received for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article. This work was supported by Clinical Research Project of the First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui University of Chinese Medicine (yfyzc04)."