Diabetologia

Islet amyloid: a complication of islet dysfunction or an aetiological factor in Type 2 diabetes?

A. Clark, M. R. Nilsson

Modulation of insulin action

L. Pirola, A. M. Johnston, E. Van Obberghen

Dietary iron intake and Type 2 diabetes incidence in postmenopausal women: the Iowa Women’s Health Study

D.-H. Lee, A. R. Folsom, D. R. Jacobs Jr

Associations of measures of lung function with insulin resistance and Type 2 diabetes: findings from the British Women’s Heart and Health Study

D. A. Lawlor, S. Ebrahim, G. Davey Smith

Prolonged increase of plasma non-esterified fatty acids fully abolishes the stimulatory effect of 24 hours of moderate hyperglycaemia on insulin sensitivity and pancreatic beta-cell function in obese men

N. Leung, T. Sakaue, A. Carpentier, K. Uffelman, A. Giacca, G. F. Lewis

Failure to confer cardioprotection and to increase the expression of heat-shock protein 70 by preconditioning with a κ-opioid receptor agonist during ischaemia and reperfusion in streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats

J. S. Qi, K. W. L. Kam, M. Chen, S. Wu, T. M. Wong

Development of autoimmune diabetes in glutamic acid decarboxylase 65 (GAD65) knockout NOD mice

T. Yamamoto, E. Yamato, F. Tashiro, T. Sato, S. Noso, H. Ikegami, S. Tamura, Y. Yanagawa, J.-I. Miyazaki

Enterovirus infection in human pancreatic islet cells, islet tropism in vivo and receptor involvement in cultured islet beta cells

P. Ylipaasto, K. Klingel, A. M. Lindberg, T. Otonkoski, R. Kandolf, T. Hovi, M. Roivainen

Evidence for a local angiotensin-generating system and dose-dependent inhibition of glucose-stimulated insulin release by angiotensin II in isolated pancreatic islets

T. Lau, P.-O. Carlsson, P. S. Leung

Adiponectin counteracts cytokine- and fatty acid-induced apoptosis in the pancreatic beta-cell line INS-1

I. Rakatzi, H. Mueller, O. Ritzeler, N. Tennagels, J. Eckel

Combined gastrin and epidermal growth factor treatment induces islet regeneration and restores normoglycaemia in C57Bl6/J mice treated with alloxan

I. Rooman, L. Bouwens

Insulin secretion profiles are modified by overexpression of glutamate dehydrogenase in pancreatic islets

S. Carobbio, H. Ishihara, S. Fernandez-Pascual, C. Bartley, R. Martin-Del-Rio, P. Maechler

Long-Chain CoA esters activate human pancreatic beta-cell KATP channels: potential role in Type 2 diabetes

R. Bränström, C. A. Aspinwall, S. Välimäki, C.-G. Östensson, A. Tibell, M. Eckhard, H. Brandhorst, B. E. Corkey, P.-O. Berggren, O. Larsson

An expression profile of human pancreatic islet mRNAs by Serial Analysis of Gene Expression (SAGE)

C. Cras-Méneur, H. Inoue, Y. Zhou, M. Ohsugi, E. Bernal-Mizrachi, D. Pape, S. W. Clifton, M. A. Permutt

Effect of sodium intake on blood pressure and albuminuria in Type 2 diabetic patients: the role of insulin resistance

M. Vedovato, G. Lepore, A. Coracina, A. R. Dodesini, E. Jori, A. Tiengo, S. Del Prato, R. Trevisan

Short-term postural reflexes in diabetic patients with autonomic dysfunction

Y. Zhang, L. A. Critchley, Y. H. Tam, B. Tomlinson

Changes in cardiac repolarization during clinical episodes of nocturnal hypoglycaemia in adults with Type 1 diabetes

R. T. C. E. Robinson, N. D. Harris, R. H. Ireland, I. A. Macdonald, S. R. Heller

ACE-inhibition is superior to endothelin A receptor blockade in preventing abnormal capillary supply and fibrosis of the heart in experimental diabetes

M.-L. Groß, N. Heiß, M. Weckbach, A. Hansen, A. El-Shakmak, A. Szabo, K. Münter, E. Ritz, K. Amann

Sustained cardiomyocyte apoptosis and left ventricular remodelling after myocardial infarction in experimental diabetes

T. Bäcklund, E. Palojoki, A. Saraste, A. Eriksson, P. Finckenberg, V. Kytö, P. Lakkisto, E. Mervaala, L.-M. Voipio-Pulkki, M. Laine, I. Tikkanen

Synergistic action of advanced glycation end products and endogenous nitric oxide leads to neuronal apoptosis in vitro: A new insight into selective nitrergic neuropathy in diabetes

S. Cellek, W. Qu, A. M. Schmidt, S. Moncada

Insulin sensitivity in juvenile and adult Large White pigs of low and high birthweight

K. R. Poore, A. L. Fowden

Variation in the FABP2 promoter affects gene expression: implications for prior association studies

M. L. Formanack, L. J. Baier

Braking the Accelerator Hypothesis?

J. R. Porter, T. G. Barrett

Neutrophil antigen exposure is altered with age in relatives of patients with Type 2 diabetes

L. D. Rawling, A. Advani, S. M. Marshall, T. H. Thomas

SNP3 polymorphism in apo A-V gene is associated with small dense LDL particles in Type 2 diabetes

E. Esteve, E. Faure, F. Calvo, E. Aguillo, C. Blasco, M. J. Roche, P. Mozas, M. Pocovi

EASD News Section February 2004