Is Type II (non-insulin-dependent) diabetes mellitus not so “genetic” after all? J. L. Hopper Editorial Pages: 125 - 127
Heritability of Type II (non-insulin-dependent) diabetes mellitus and abnormal glucose tolerance – a population-based twin study P. PoulsenK. Ohm KyvikH. Beck-Nielsen Articles Pages: 139 - 145
Concordance rate for Type II diabetes mellitus in monozygotic twins: actuarial analysis F. MediciM. HawaR. D. G Leslie Articles Pages: 146 - 150
A new antidiabetic agent (JTT-501) rapidly stimulates glucose disposal rates by enhancing insulin signal transduction in skeletal muscle H. MaegawaT. ObataA. Kashiwagi Articles Pages: 151 - 159
Leptin is suppressed during infusion of recombinant human insulin-like growth factor I (rhIGF I) in normal rats M. Böni-SchnetzlerC. HauriJ. Zapf Articles Pages: 160 - 166
Alterations in platelet Ca2+ signalling in diabetic patients is due to increased formation of superoxide anions and reduced nitric oxide production G. SchaefferT. C. WascherW. F. Graier Articles Pages: 167 - 176
Hyperproinsulinaemia in impaired glucose tolerance is associated with a delayed insulin response to glucose J. B. RuigeJ. M. DekkerR. J. Heine Short communication Pages: 177 - 180
Islet autoantibodies in cord blood from children who developed Type I (insulin-dependent) diabetes mellitus before 15 years of age B. LindbergS.-A. IvarssonÅ. Lernmark Short communication Pages: 181 - 187
Prolonged exposure of pancreatic beta cells to raised glucose concentrations results in increased cellular content of islet amyloid polypeptide precursors X. HouZ. LingC. Van Schravendijk Short communication Pages: 188 - 194
Glucose induces early growth response gene (Egr-1) expression in pancreatic beta cells K. JosefsenL. R. SørensenM. Birkenbach Short communication Pages: 195 - 203
Enhanced, unaltered and impaired nitric oxide-mediated endothelium-dependent relaxation in experimental diabetes mellitus: importance of disease duration G. M. Pieper Short communication Pages: 204 - 213
Arterial compliance and distensibility are modulated by body composition in both men and women but by insulin sensitivity only in women E. J. GiltayJ. LambertC. D. A. Stehouwer Short communication Pages: 214 - 221
Peripheral blood mononuclear cells isolated from patients with diabetic nephropathy show increased activation of the oxidative-stress sensitive transcription factor NF-kB M. A. HofmannS. SchiekoferP. P. Nawroth Short communication Pages: 222 - 232
Circulating semicarbazide-sensitive amine oxidase is raised both in Type I (insulin-dependent), in Type II (non-insulin-dependent) diabetes mellitus and even in childhood Type I diabetes at first clinical diagnosis F. BoomsmaA. H. van den MeirackerG. J. Bruining Short communication Pages: 233 - 237
The W64R variant of the β3-adrenergic receptor is not associated with Type II diabetes or obesity in a large Finnish sample S. GhoshC. D. LangefeldM. Boehnke Short communication Pages: 238 - 244
Implications of compound heterozygous insulin receptor mutations in congenital muscle fibre type disproportion myopathy for the receptor kinase activation H. H. KleinR. MüllerO. Pedersen Short communication Pages: 245 - 249
An insulin-dependent hypoglycaemia induced by electroacupuncture at the Zhongwan (CV12) acupoint in diabetic rats S. L. ChangJ. G. LinJ. T. Cheng Short communication Pages: 250 - 255
Measurement of glucose concentrations in rats: differences between glucose meter and plasma laboratory results Letters Pages: 256 - 256
High affinity binding sites for proinsulin on human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVEC) Letters Pages: 259 - 260
Capsaicin-induced sensory denervation increases glucose elimination in rodents Letters Pages: 260 - 261
Temperature loggers are to be used to guarantee quality of insulin preparations Letters Pages: A257 - A257
Muscle insulin resistance: a probable case of disuse of skeletal muscles. Lamarckism revisited Letters Pages: B257 - B258