Chang Cao, Jing Yuan, Elizabeth R Gilbert, Mark A Cline, Fan Lam, King C Li, Ryan N Dilger
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Abstract
Objectives: This work aimed to quantitatively evaluate circulating interleukin concentration data available for patients with Type 2 diabetes.
Methods: We performed a systematic review using PubMed, Web of Science, and the Cochrane Library. Original studies reporting data on circulating interleukin concentrations in at least one group of patients with Type 2 diabetes (obese Type 2 diabetes [OBD], overweight Type 2 diabetes [OWD], or lean Type 2 diabetes [LD]) and healthy weight controls (HWCs) were included. Data were extracted from 43 included studies uniquely encompassing 2646 patients with Type 2 diabetes and 6605 HWCs by independent investigators. We used a random-effects model to pool data in the Comprehensive Meta-Analysis Version 2 software. Effect sizes (ESs) were calculated as the standardized mean difference in interleukin concentrations between groups and then transformed into Hedge's g statistic.
Results: Our results revealed higher circulating concentrations in patients with Type 2 diabetes compared with HWCs, including IL-4, IL-6, IL-17, and IL-18. When stratified by BMI subgroups, all patients with Type 2 diabetes displayed elevated IL-6 concentrations compared with HWCs, with OBD patients having the highest ES, followed by OWD and LD. Similar to the overall results, higher interleukin concentrations in different BMI subgroups of patients with Type 2 diabetes were observed compared with HWCs in IL-4 (OWD), IL-17 (LD), and IL-18 (OBD, but not OWD).
Conclusion: Meta-analysis outcomes demonstrated higher circulating concentrations of IL-4, IL-6, IL-17, and IL-18 in patients with Type 2 diabetes, strengthening the clinical evidence that Type 2 diabetes is accompanied by a systemic inflammatory response.
期刊介绍:
Obesity Reviews is a monthly journal publishing reviews on all disciplines related to obesity and its comorbidities. This includes basic and behavioral sciences, clinical treatment and outcomes, epidemiology, prevention and public health. The journal should, therefore, appeal to all professionals with an interest in obesity and its comorbidities.
Review types may include systematic narrative reviews, quantitative meta-analyses and narrative reviews but all must offer new insights, critical or novel perspectives that will enhance the state of knowledge in the field.
The editorial policy is to publish high quality peer-reviewed manuscripts that provide needed new insight into all aspects of obesity and its related comorbidities while minimizing the period between submission and publication.