1. Prologue

   • Ele Ferrannini

   Editorial Pages: 1 - 2

2. Insulin-induced translocation of GLUT 4 in skeletal muscle of insulin-resistant Zucker rats

   • P. Galante
   • E. Maerker
   • H. U. Häring

   Originals Pages: 3 - 9

3. Aminoguanidine reduces regional albumin clearance but not urinary albumin excretion in streptozotocin-diabetic rats

   • M. S. P. Huijberts
   • B. H. R. Wolffenbuttel
   • H. A. J. Struijker Boudier

   Originals Pages: 10 - 14

4. Effect of nutrients, hormones and serum on survival of rat islet beta cells in culture

   • Z. Ling
   • J. C. Hannaert
   • D. Pipeleers

   Originals Pages: 15 - 21

5. Reactive oxygen intermediates in autoimmune islet cell destruction of the NOD mouse induced by peritoneal exudate cells (rich in macrophages) but not T cells

   • F. Horio
   • M. Fukuda
   • M. Hattori

   Originals Pages: 22 - 31

6. Aminoguanidine inhibits the development of accelerated diabetic retinopathy in the spontaneous hypertensive rat

   • H. -P. Hammes
   • M. Brownlee
   • K. Federlin

   Originals Pages: 32 - 35

7. Altered endothelin-1 induced contraction and second messenger generation in bovine retinal microvascular pericytes cultured in high glucose medium

   • U. Chakravarthy
   • A. McGinty
   • E. R. Trimble

   Originals Pages: 36 - 42

8. Nerve ischaemia in diabetic rats: time-course of development, effect of insulin treatment plus comparison of streptozotocin and BB models

   • E. J. Stevens
   • A. L. Carrington
   • D. R. Tomlinson

   Originals Pages: 43 - 48

9. Betel nut (Areca catechu) consumption and the induction of glucose intolerance in adult CD1 mice and in their F1 and F2 offspring

   • B. J. Boucher
   • S. W. B. Ewen
   • J. M. Stowers

   Originals Pages: 49 - 55

10. Insulin receptor dephosphorylation by phosphotyrosine phosphatases obtained from insulin-resistant obese mice

    • C. Olichon-Berthe
    • S. Hauguel -De Mouzon
    • Y. Le Marchand-Brustel

    Originals Pages: 56 - 60

11. Autoantibodies against a novel 51 kDa islet antigen and glutamate decarboxylase isoforms in autoimmune polyendocrine syndrome type I

    • L. A. Velloso
    • O. Winqvist
    • F. A. Karlsson

    Originals Pages: 61 - 69

12. Presentation and progress of childhood diabetes mellitus: a prospective population-based study

    • J. H. Pinkney
    • P. J. Bingley
    • The Bart's-Oxford Study Group

    Originals Pages: 70 - 74

13. Effect of hyperglycaemia on gallbladder motility in Type 1 (insulin-dependent) diabetes mellitus

    • S. Y. de Boer
    • A. A. M. Masclee
    • C. B. H. W. Lamers

    Originals Pages: 75 - 81

14. Expression of glycogen synthase and phosphofructokinase in muscle from Type 1 (insulin-dependent) diabetic patients before and after intensive insulin treatment

    • H. Vestergaard
    • P. H. Andersen
    • O. Pedersen

    Originals Pages: 82 - 90

15. A high weight gain early in life is associated with an increased risk of Type 1 (insulin-dependent) diabetes mellitus

    • C. Johansson
    • U. Samuelsson
    • J. Ludvigsson

    Originals Pages: 91 - 94

16. The natural history of pre-Type 1 (insulin-dependent) diabetes mellitus in patients with autoimmune endocrine diseases

    • C. Betterle
    • F. Presotto
    • R. Zanchetta

    Originals Pages: 95 - 103

17. Glucokinase gene in gestational diabetes mellitus: population association study and molecular scanning

    • K. C. Chiu
    • R. C. P. Go
    • M. A. Permutt

    Originals Pages: 104 - 110

18. Impact of donor-related variables on islet isolation outcome in dogs

    • M. P. M. van der Burg
    • O. R. Guicherit
    • H. G. Gooszen

    Originals Pages: 111 - 114

19. Primary nitrate tolerance in diabetes mellitus

    • G. McVeigh
    • G. Brennan
    • D. Johnston

    For Debate Pages: 115 - 117