Diabetologia

From beast to bedside: a commentary

A. A. Rossini

Animal models have little to teach us about Type 1 diabetes: 1. In support of this proposal

B. O. Roep, M. Atkinson

Animal models have little to teach us about Type 1 diabetes: 2. In opposition to this proposal

E. H. Leiter, M. von Herrath

Insulin resistance is a risk factor for progression to Type 1 diabetes

S. Fourlanos, P. Narendran, G. B. Byrnes, P. G. Colman, L. C. Harrison

In the lipodystrophy associated with highly active antiretroviral therapy, pseudo-Cushing’s syndrome is associated with increased regeneration of cortisol by 11β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 1 in adipose tissue

J. Sutinen, K. Kannisto, E. Korsheninnikova, T. Nyman, E. Ehrenborg, R. Andrew, D. J. Wake, A. Hamsten, B. R. Walker, H. Yki-Järvinen

Renal disease in rats with Type 2 diabetes is associated with decreased renal nitric oxide production

A. Erdely, G. Freshour, D. A. Maddox, J. L. Olson, L. Samsell, C. Baylis

Long-term effects of advice to consume a high-protein, low-fat diet, rather than a conventional weight-loss diet, in obese adults with Type 2 diabetes: one-year follow-up of a randomised trial

G. D. Brinkworth, M. Noakes, B. Parker, P. Foster, P. M. Clifton

Spironolactone impairs endothelial function and heart rate variability in patients with Type 2 diabetes

J. I. Davies, M. Band, A. Morris, A. D. Struthers

High amniotic fluid erythropoietin levels are associated with an increased frequency of fetal and neonatal morbidity in Type 1 diabetic pregnancies

K. Teramo, M. A. Kari, M. Eronen, H. Markkanen, V. Hiilesmaa

The effect of modafinil on counter-regulatory and cognitive responses to hypoglycaemia

D. Smith, A. Pernet, J. M. Rosenthal, E. M. Bingham, H. Reid, I. A. Macdonald, S. A. Amiel

The complexity of non-enzymatic glycation product sets of human globins

A. Lapolla, M. Tubaro, R. Reitano, N. C. Aricò, E. Ragazzi, R. Seraglia, S. Vogliardi, P. Traldi, D. Fedele

Ischaemic preconditioning does not protect the heart in obese and lean animal models of Type 2 diabetes

S. B. Kristiansen, B. Løfgren, N. B. Støttrup, D. Khatir, J. E. Nielsen-Kudsk, T. T. Nielsen, H. E. Bøtker, A. Flyvbjerg

Altered rheology of lymphocytes in the diabetic mouse

C. M. Perrault, E. J. Bray, N. Didier, C. K. Ozaki, R. Tran-Son-Tay

Hyperglycaemia-induced superoxide production decreases eNOS expression via AP-1 activation in aortic endothelial cells

S. Srinivasan, M. E. Hatley, D. T. Bolick, L. A. Palmer, D. Edelstein, M. Brownlee, C. C. Hedrick

Substrates modified by advanced glycation end-products cause dysfunction and death in retinal pericytes by reducing survival signals mediated by platelet-derived growth factor

A. W. Stitt, S.-J. Hughes, P. Canning, O. Lynch, O. Cox, N. Frizzell, S. R. Thorpe, T. G. Cotter, T. M. Curtis, T. A. Gardiner

A model to estimate the lifetime health outcomes of patients with Type 2 diabetes: the United Kingdom Prospective Diabetes Study (UKPDS) Outcomes Model (UKPDS no. 68)

P. M. Clarke, A. M. Gray, A. Briggs, A. J. Farmer, P. Fenn, R. J. Stevens, D. R. Matthews, I. M. Stratton, R. R. Holman

Moderate alcohol intake and markers of inflammation and endothelial dysfunction among diabetic men

I. Shai, E. B. Rimm, M. B. Schulze, N. Rifai, M. J. Stampfer, F. B. Hu

Daily life activity and risk of developing impaired fasting glucose or Type 2 diabetes in middle-aged Japanese men

N. Nakanishi, T. Takatorige, K. Suzuki

A population-based study of the association between areca nut chewing and Type 2 diabetes mellitus in men (Keelung Community-based Integrated Screening programme No. 2)

T.-H. Tung, Y.-H. Chiu, L.-S. Chen, H.-M. Wu, B. J. Boucher, T. H.-H. Chen

Variation in the resistin gene is associated with obesity and insulin-related phenotypes in Finnish subjects

K. N. Conneely, K. Silander, L. J. Scott, K. L. Mohlke, K. N. Lazaridis, T. T. Valle, J. Tuomilehto, R. N. Bergman, R. M. Watanabe, T. A. Buchanan, F. S. Collins, M. Boehnke

Cellular basis of diabetic nephropathy: III. In vitro GLUT1 mRNA expression and risk of diabetic nephropathy in Type 1 diabetic patients

C. Huang, Y. Kim, M. L. Caramori, A. J. Fish, S. S. Rich, M. E. Miller, G. B. Russell, M. Mauer

Cytokine profile and insulin antibody IgG subclasses in patients with recent onset Type 1 diabetes treated with oral insulin

L. Monetini, M. G. Cavallo, E. Sarugeri, F. Sentinelli, L. Stefanini, E. Bosi, R. Thorpe, P. Pozzilli

N-acetyl-cysteine accelerates transfer of diabetes into non-obese diabetic scid mice

J. Irie, A. Shimada, Y. Oikawa, T. Shigihara, T. Saruta

Improved survival of microencapsulated islets during in vitro culture and enhanced metabolic function following transplantation

G. S. Korbutt, A. G. Mallett, Z. Ao, M. Flashner, R. V. Rajotte

In vivo proliferation of differentiated pancreatic islet beta cells in transgenic mice expressing mutated cyclin-dependent kinase 4

S. Hino, T. Yamaoka, Y. Yamashita, T. Yamada, J. Hata, M. Itakura

Taurine supplement in early life altered islet morphology, decreased insulitis and delayed the onset of diabetes in non-obese diabetic mice

E. Arany, B. Strutt, P. Romanus, C. Remacle, B. Reusens, D. J. Hill

The postprandial state does not impair endothelial function in women with Type 2 diabetes irrespective of glycaemic control

C. H. Strey, J. Young, M. Collier, C. M. Florkowski, B. I. Shand, R. S. Scott

Impaired glucose tolerance is accompanied by decreased insulin sensitivity in tissues of mice implanted with cells that overexpress resistin

Y. Kitagawa, H. Bujo, K. Takahashi, M. Shibasaki, K. Ishikawa, K. Yagui, N. Hashimoto, K. Noda, T. Nakamura, S. Yano, Y. Saito

Encephalomyocarditis-virus-induced diabetes model resembles “fulminant” Type 1 diabetes in humans

A. Shimada, T. Maruyama

Sustained glucose-stimulated insulin secretion in mouse islets is not culture-dependent

S. Carobbio, P. Maechler

—to: Weets I, Kaufman L, Van der Auwera B et al. (2004) Seasonality in clinical onset of Type 1 diabetes in Belgian patients above the age of 10 is restricted to HLA-DQ2/DQ8-negative males, which explains the male to female excess in incidence. Diabetologia 47:614–621

B. J. Boucher

Reply to Comment on: Weets I, Kaufman L, Van der Auwera B et al. (2004) Seasonality in clinical onset of Type 1 diabetes in Belgian patients above the age of 10 is restricted to HLA DQ2/DQ8-negative males, which explains the male to female excess in incidence. Diabetologia 47:614–621

F. K. Gorus, I. Weets

Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor γ gene polymorphisms and restenosis in diabetic patients after stenting in coronary arteries

W. Koch, V. Jung, N. von Beckerath, A. Schömig, A. Kastrati

EASD News Section October 2004