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This study set out with the aim of identifying blood-pancreas shared long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) as potential systemic biomarkers in treatment-na\u00efve patients with new-onset T2DM. We integrated transcriptome sequencing of peripheral blood from 8 T2DM patients and 8 controls with single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq) of pancreatic islets from an independent cohort. Differential expression analysis revealed 1,709 dysregulated lncRNAs in peripheral blood, of which 257 were identified as high-priority candidate through weighted gene co-expression network analysis (WGCNA). Further intersection with scRNA-seq data from 17 T2DM donors identified 157 \u03b2-cell-specific mRNAs co-expressed with 135 blood-derived lncRNAs. Functional enrichment analysis implicated these genes in chromatin remodeling, focal adhesion, and neurodegenerative pathways. 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