1. Introduction

   • Fouad Kandeel
   • Kevin Ferreri

   EditorialNotes Pages: 1 - 6

2. NIH-supported national islet transplantation registry

   • Nicole Close
   • Ravinder Anand
   • Thomas Eggerman

   Regulatory Issues On Islet Transplantation Pages: 9 - 17

3. FDA regulation of allogeneic islets as a biological product

   • Darin J. Weber

   Regulatory Issues On Islet Transplantation Pages: 19 - 22

4. Request for applications

   • Scott Campbell

   Regulatory Issues On Islet Transplantation Pages: 23 - 24

5. New strategies in immune tolerance induction

   • Soji F. Oluwole
   • Olakunle O. Oluwole
   • Hector A. DePaz

   Transplantation Immunology And Improvements In Clinical Protocols Pages: 27 - 48

6. Advances in long-term islet culture

   • A. Osama Gaber
   • Daniel Fraga

   Transplantation Immunology And Improvements In Clinical Protocols Pages: 49 - 54

7. Promoting islet cell function after transplantation

   • Arne Andersson
   • Per-Ola Carlsson
   • Leif Jansson

   Transplantation Immunology And Improvements In Clinical Protocols Pages: 55 - 63

8. The role of GLP-1 in the regulation of islet cell mass

   • Angela Bulotta
   • Loredana Farilla
   • Riccardo Perfetti

   Transplantation Immunology And Improvements In Clinical Protocols Pages: 65 - 77

9. Islet morphogenesis and stem cell markers

   • Luc Bouwens

   Development Of New Sources Of Insulin-Producing Cells Pages: 81 - 88

10. Islet-derived multipotential cells/progenitor cells

    • Gladys Teitelman

    Development Of New Sources Of Insulin-Producing Cells Pages: 89 - 102

11. Sources of β-cells for human cell-based therapies for diabetes

    • Pamela Itkin-Ansari
    • Fred Levine

    Development Of New Sources Of Insulin-Producing Cells Pages: 103 - 112

12. Generation of new islets from stem cells

    • Enrique Roche
    • Bernat Soria

    Development Of New Sources Of Insulin-Producing Cells Pages: 113 - 123

13. Developmental biology of the pancreas

    • Pedro Luis Herrera Merino

    Pancreatic And Islet Cell Biology Pages: 127 - 142

14. (Pro)Insulin processing

    • Howard W. Davidson

    Pancreatic And Islet Cell Biology Pages: 143 - 157

15. Understanding of basic mechanisms of β-cell function and survival

    • Christopher B. Newgard
    • Hans E. Hohmeier
    • A. Dean Sherry

    Pancreatic And Islet Cell Biology Pages: 159 - 167

16. Secretory protein trafficking

    • Peter Arvan

    Pancreatic And Islet Cell Biology Pages: 169 - 177

17. Imaging glucose-regulated insulin secretion and gene expression in single islet β-cells

    • Guy A. Rutter
    • Isabelle Leclerc
    • Qingwen Qian

    Pancreatic And Islet Cell Biology Pages: 179 - 190

18. MAP kinases and their roles in pancreatic β-cells

    • Shih Khoo
    • Tara Beers Gibson
    • Melanie H. Cobb

    Pancreatic And Islet Cell Biology Pages: 191 - 200

19. The role of A-kinase anchoring proteins in cAMP-mediated signal transduction pathways

    • Neal M. Alto
    • John D. Scott

    Pancreatic And Islet Cell Biology Pages: 201 - 207

20. Protein tyrosine phosphatases

    • Michel Bernier

    Pancreatic And Islet Cell Biology Pages: 209 - 217

21. Lecture abstracts

    Abstract Pages: 221 - 238

22. Poster abstracts

    Abstract Pages: 241 - 256