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The levels of inflammatory factors and the regulation of macrophage polarization were investigated, and the differentially expressed genes between HG and HG+SIG intervention were analyzed and enriched through transcriptomics.\n                      <jats:italic>In vivo<\/jats:italic>\n                      , C57BL\/6J male mice were treated with HFD+STZ to establish a type 2 diabetes mouse model were investigated the effects of regulation of macrophage polarization in the pancreas and visceral adipose tissue.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      In vitro cell experiments and transcriptomics showed that Sitagliptin phosphate decreased the secretion of inflammatory factors IL-6 and TNF-\u03b1 induced by high-glucose, and increased secretion of anti-inflammatory factor IL-10 by enhancing macrophage polarization. In vivo, the body weight and abdominal visceral fat weight, the ratio of visceral fat weight to body weight and fasting blood glucose were significantly increased in the DM group compared with the Control (\n                      <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\n                      &amp;lt;0.05), Sitagliptin phosphate treatments reversed the changes in the DM group. Moreover, histological analysis showed that compared with the Control group, the size of visceral adipocytes, hepatocyte lipid deposition and the ratio of M1\/M2 macrophage were higher in the DM group, which were reversed by Sitagliptin phosphate treatments (\n                      <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\n                      &amp;lt;0.05), insulin treatments did not have a significant effect (\n                      <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\n                      &amp;gt;0.05). Mechanistically, Western blot showed that compared with the normal group, HG upregulated the expression of mTORc1 protein, P-65 phosphorylation and P-65 protein expression in Raw264.7 cells (\n                      <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\n                      &amp;lt;0.05), downregulated the expression of IKK\u03b2 (\n                      <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\n                      &amp;lt;0.05) and PPAR-\u03b3 proteins (\n                      <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\n                      &amp;lt;0.05), Sitagliptin phosphate and insulin treatments rescued these changes.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      These results indicated that Sitagliptin phosphate reduced high glucose-induced inflammation by improving the imbalance of macrophage polarization via modulating the mTORc1\/ 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