Not Only Glycaemic But Also Other Metabolic Factors Affect T Regulatory Cell Counts and Proinflammatory Cytokine Levels in Women with Type 1 Diabetes

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(a–c) The relationship between T regulatory cells and HDL level. Higher level of HDL cholesterol correlated with lower Treg numbers. This correlation was significant in the case of CD127^lowFoxP3⁺ cells (, ). The same trend was observed for both CD127^low and FoxP3⁺ Treg cells but failed to reach significant levels ( and for CD127^low Treg cells and and for FoxP3⁺ Treg cells). (a) CD127^low Treg cells (% from CD4⁺cells). (b) FoxP3⁺ Treg cells (% from CD4⁺cells). (c) CD127^lowFoxP3⁺ cells (% from CD4⁺cells).

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