Diabetologia

Do dogs develop autoimmune diabetes?

Edwin A. M. Gale

Canine diabetes mellitus: can old dogs teach us new tricks?

B. Catchpole, J. M. Ristic, L. M. Fleeman, L. J. Davison

Involvement of sulfatide in beta cells and type 1 and type 2 diabetes

K. Buschard, M. Blomqvist, T. Osterbye, P. Fredman

Type 1 diabetes: treatment without tears?

S. A. Amiel

Glycaemic control and severe hypoglycaemia following training in flexible, intensive insulin therapy to enable dietary freedom in people with type 1 diabetes: a prospective implementation study

A. Sämann, I. Mühlhauser, R. Bender, Ch. Kloos, U. A. Müller

The epidemiology of left ventricular hypertrophy in type 2 diabetes mellitus

A. Dawson, A. D. Morris, A. D. Struthers

Adverse effects of left ventricular hypertrophy in the reduction of endpoints in NIDDM with the angiotensin II antagonist losartan (RENAAL) study

G. Boner, M. E. Cooper, K. McCarroll, B. M. Brenner, D. de Zeeuw, P. R. Kowey, S. Shahinfar, T. Dickson, R. S. Crow, H.-H. Parving

Pharmacokinetic and glucodynamic variability: assessment of insulin glargine, NPH insulin and insulin ultralente in healthy volunteers using a euglycaemic clamp technique

H. E. Scholtz, S. G. Pretorius, D. H. Wessels, R. H. A. Becker

Acute myopathy in a type 2 diabetic patient on combination therapy with metformin, fenofibrate and rosiglitazone

M. Ledl, J. Hohenecker, C. Francesconi, I. Roots, M. F. Bauer, M. Roden

Fatty acid composition of serum lipids predicts the development of the metabolic syndrome in men

E. Warensjö, U. Risérus, B. Vessby

Heritabilities of the metabolic syndrome and its components in the Northern Manhattan Family Study

H.-F. Lin, B. Boden-Albala, S. H. Juo, N. Park, T. Rundek, R. L. Sacco

Large-scale studies of the association between variation at the TNF/LTA locus and susceptibility to type 2 diabetes

E. Zeggini, C. J. Groves, J. R. C. Parkinson, S. Halford, K. R. Owen, T. M. Frayling, M. Walker, G. A. Hitman, J. C. Levy, S. O’Rahilly, A. T. Hattersley, M. I. McCarthy

The linkage and association of the gene encoding upstream stimulatory factor 1 with type 2 diabetes and metabolic syndrome in the Chinese population

M. C. Y. Ng, K. Miyake, W. Y. So, E. W. M. Poon, V. K. L. Lam, J. K. Y. Li, N. J. Cox, G. I. Bell, J. C. N. Chan

Association of a polymorphism in the gene encoding phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase 1 with high-density lipoprotein and triglyceride levels

H. D. Shin, B. L. Park, L. H. Kim, H. S. Cheong, J. H. Kim, Y. M. Cho, H. K. Lee, K. S. Park

Association between polymorphisms in the nuclear respiratory factor 1 gene and type 2 diabetes mellitus in the Korean population

Y. M. Cho, H. D. Shin, B. L. Park, J. H. Kim, K. S. Park, S. Y. Kim, H. K. Lee

Nitric oxide contributes to cytokine-induced apoptosis in pancreatic beta cells via potentiation of JNK activity and inhibition of Akt

J. Størling, J. Binzer, A. K. Andersson, R. A. Züllig, M. Tonnesen, R. Lehmann, G. A. Spinas, S. Sandler, N. Billestrup, T. Mandrup-Poulsen

Insulin-producing cells derived from human pancreatic non-endocrine cell cultures reverse streptozotocin-induced hyperglycaemia in mice

M. Zhao, S. A. Amiel, M. R. Christie, M. Rela, N. Heaton, G. C. Huang

Interactive influences of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor α activation and glucocorticoids on pancreatic beta cell compensation in insulin resistance induced by dietary saturated fat in the rat

M. J. Holness, N. D. Smith, G. K. Greenwood, M. C. Sugden

Acute insulin response of donors is correlated with pancreatic islet isolation outcome in the pig

T. Hubert, T. Jany, S. Marcelli-Tourvieille, B. Nunes, V. Gmyr, J. Kerr-Conte, M.-C. Vantyghem, F. Pattou

Islet transplantation outcomes in mice are better with fresh islets and exendin-4 treatment

A. King, J. Lock, G. Xu, S. Bonner-Weir, G. C. Weir

Differential changes in brain glucose metabolism during hypoglycaemia accompany loss of hypoglycaemia awareness in men with type 1 diabetes mellitus. An [11C]-3-O-methyl-d-glucose PET study

E. M. Bingham, J. T. Dunn, D. Smith, J. Sutcliffe-Goulden, L. J. Reed, P. K. Marsden, S. A. Amiel

Visceral fat and beta cell function in non-diabetic humans

A. Gastaldelli, A. M. Sironi, D. Ciociaro, V. Positano, E. Buzzigoli, D. Giannessi, M. Lombardi, A. Mari, E. Ferrannini

Inhibition of adipose tissue lipolysis increases intramuscular lipid use in type 2 diabetic patients

L. J. C. van Loon, R. J. F. Manders, R. Koopman, B. Kaastra, J. H. C. H. Stegen, A. P. Gijsen, W. H. M. Saris, H. A. Keizer

Could the low level of expression of the gene encoding skeletal muscle mitofusin-2 account for the metabolic inflexibility of obesity?

G. Mingrone, M. Manco, M. Calvani, M. Castagneto, D. Naon, A. Zorzano

Fatty acid-induced differential regulation of the genes encoding peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-γ coactivator-1α and -1β in human skeletal muscle cells that have been differentiated in vitro

H. Staiger, K. Staiger, C. Haas, M. Weisser, F. Machicao, H.-U. Häring

Glucocorticoid-induced insulin resistance in skeletal muscles: defects in insulin signalling and the effects of a selective glycogen synthase kinase-3 inhibitor

J. Ruzzin, A. S. Wagman, J. Jensen

Acute glucosamine-induced insulin resistance in muscle in vivo is associated with impaired capillary recruitment

M. G. Wallis, M. E. Smith, C. M. Kolka, L. Zhang, S. M. Richards, S. Rattigan, M. G. Clark

Reduced insulin clearance contributes to the increased insulin levels after administration of glucagon-like peptide 1 in mice

B. Ahrén, K. Thomaseth, G. Pacini

The role of total and high-molecular-weight complex of adiponectin in vascular function in offspring whose parents both had type 2 diabetes

F. Halperin, J. A. Beckman, M. E. Patti, M. E. Trujillo, M. Garvin, M. A. Creager, P. E. Scherer, A. B. Goldfine

Expression and function of receptors for insulin-like growth factor-I and insulin in human coronary artery smooth muscle cells

S. I. Chisalita, H. J. Arnqvist

The inflammatory properties of electronegative low-density lipoprotein from type 1 diabetic patients are related to increased platelet-activating factor acetylhydrolase activity

J. L. Sánchez-Quesada, S. Benítez, A. Pérez, A. M. Wagner, M. Rigla, G. Carreras, L. Vila, M. Camacho, R. Arcelus, J. Ordóñez-Llanos

Hypothalamic AMP-activated protein kinase mediates counter-regulatory responses to hypoglycaemia in rats

S.-M. Han, C. Namkoong, P. G. Jang, I. S. Park, S. W. Hong, H. Katakami, S. Chun, S. W. Kim, J.-Y. Park, K.-U. Lee, M.-S. Kim

To: Biason-Lauber A, Boehm B, Lang-Muritano M et al. (2005) Association of childhood type 1 diabetes mellitus with a variant of PAX4: possible link to beta cell regenerative capacity. Diabetologia 48:900–905

A. D. Paterson

Comment to: Biason-Lauber A, Boehm B, Lang-Muritano M et al. (2005) Association of childhood type 1 diabetes mellitus with a variant of PAX4: possible link to beta cell regenerative capacity. Diabetologia 48:900–905

L. M. Maier, J. D. Cooper, N. Walker, D. J. Smyth, J. A. Todd

To: Biason-Lauber A, Boehm B, Lang-Muritano M et al. (2005) Association of childhood type 1 diabetes mellitus with a variant of PAX4: possible link to beta cell regenerative capacity. Diabetologia 48:900–905

T. Gylvin, R. Bergholdt, J. Nerup, F. Pociot

Reply to comment on: Biason-Lauber A, Boehm B, Lang-Muritano M et al. (2005) Association of childhood type 1 diabetes mellitus with a variant of PAX4: possible link to beta cell regenerative capacity. Diabetologia 48:900–905

A. Biason-Lauber, B. Boehm, M. Lang-Muritano, B. R. Gauthier, T. Brun, C. B. Wollheim, E. J. Schoenle

To: Godsland IF, Jeffs JA, Johnston DG (2004) Loss of beta cell function as fasting glucose increases in the non-diabetic range. Diabetologia 47:1157–1166

M. A. Abdul-Ghani, R. A. DeFronzo

Reply to comment on: Godsland IF, Jeffs JA, Johnston DG (2004) Loss of beta cell function as fasting glucose increases in the non-diabetic range. Diabetologia 47:1157–1166

I. F. Godsland, D. G. Johnston

Comment

H. Dorchy

Comment to: Zalutskaya A, Bornstein SR, Mokhort T, Garmaev D (2004) Did the Chernobyl incident cause an increase in type 1 diabetes mellitus incidence in children and adolescents? Diabetologia 47:147–148 (Letter)

R. Lorini, G. d’Annunzio

EASD News Section October 2005