Authors' response to the commentary by Bonaventura and Montecucco on: 'Characterization of circulating leukocytes and correlation of leukocyte subsets with metabolic parameters 1 and 5 years after diabetes diagnosis'
1 Division of Endocrinology and Diabetology, Medical Faculty, Heinrich-Heine University, Düsseldorf, Germany.
2 Institute for Clinical Diabetology, German Diabetes Center, Leibniz Center for Diabetes Research at Heinrich-Heine University Düsseldorf, Auf dem Hennekamp 65, 40225, Düsseldorf, Germany.
3 German Center for Diabetes Research, Partner Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany.
4 Division of Endocrinology and Diabetology, Medical Faculty, Heinrich-Heine University, Düsseldorf, Germany. michael.roden@ddz.uni-duesseldorf.de.
5 Institute for Clinical Diabetology, German Diabetes Center, Leibniz Center for Diabetes Research at Heinrich-Heine University Düsseldorf, Auf dem Hennekamp 65, 40225, Düsseldorf, Germany. michael.roden@ddz.uni-duesseldorf.de.
6 German Center for Diabetes Research, Partner Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany. michael.roden@ddz.uni-duesseldorf.de.