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We adopted standardized senescence signature scoring and multi-cohort independent validation to screen SASP-related candidate genes through literature mining, differential expression analysis, and machine learning, followed by functional enrichment analysis, immune cell composition analysis, and immune cell proportion adjustment. We identified\n                    <jats:italic>CCL8<\/jats:italic>\n                    and\n                    <jats:italic>MMP9<\/jats:italic>\n                    as key SASP-related candidates;\n                    <jats:italic>MMP9<\/jats:italic>\n                    was significantly positively correlated with senescence scores, and both genes were implicated in T2DM progression through E2F targets and interferon gamma response pathways. T2DM led to significant immune microenvironment alterations, and the expression changes of\n                    <jats:italic>CCL8<\/jats:italic>\n                    and\n                    <jats:italic>MMP9<\/jats:italic>\n                    were independent of peripheral blood mononuclear cell (PBMC) subset frequencies after CIBERSORT adjustment. Expression patterns were consistently validated across all cohorts including the large-scale GSE184050 dataset and single-cell RNA-seq dataset GSE280401, with RT-qPCR providing exploratory support in a small cohort. Collectively, this study provides supportive evidence that CCL8 and MMP9 may represent SASP-related biomarkers in T2DM pathogenesis. 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