1. Hypertension and microalbuminuria: Risk factors for cardiovascular disease in diabetes

   • Janaka Karalliedde
   • Giancarlo Viberti

   Invited Commentary Pages: 1 - 2

2. Web alert

   News Pages: 3 - 4

3. Clinical Trials Report

   • Alan B. Weder

   BriefCommunication Pages: 7 - 8

4. Clinical Trials Report

   • Arya M. Sharma
   • Vasudhevan T. Chetty

   BriefCommunication Pages: 9 - 10

5. Nutritional regulation of leptin signaling

   • Catherine Ribiere
   • Charles Plut

   OriginalPaper Pages: 11 - 16

6. Effect of water drinking on sympathetic nervous activity and blood pressure

   • Jens Jordan

   OriginalPaper Pages: 17 - 20

7. Gene markers and antihypertensive therapy

   • Stephen T. Turner
   • Gary L. Schwartz

   OriginalPaper Pages: 21 - 30

8. Admixture mapping as a gene discovery approach for complex human traits and diseases

   • Caroline M. Nievergelt
   • Nicholas J. Schork

   OriginalPaper Pages: 31 - 37

9. Clinical Trials Report

   • Frank T. Ruschitzka

   BriefCommunication Pages: 41 - 43

10. Inflammation, blood pressure, and stroke: an opportunity to target primary prevention?

    • Mario Di Napoli
    • Francesca Papa

    OriginalPaper Pages: 44 - 51

11. Anti-inflammatory strategies in hypertension: Focus on COX-1 and COX-2

    • Matthias Hermann
    • Frank Enseleit
    • Frank T. Ruschitzka

    OriginalPaper Pages: 52 - 60

12. Nitric oxide, angiotensin II, and reactive oxygen species in hypertension and atherogenesis

    • Ivonne H. Schulman
    • Ming-Sheng Zhou
    • Leopoldo Raij

    OriginalPaper Pages: 61 - 67

13. Hypertension, stroke, and endothelium

    • Francesco Cosentino
    • Massimo Volpe

    OriginalPaper Pages: 68 - 71

14. Systemic blood pressure and stroke outcome and recurrence

    • Argye E. Hillis

    OriginalPaper Pages: 72 - 78