1. Preface

   • Gian Franco Bottazzo
   • Mattia Locatelli

   Original Paper Pages: 229 - 230

2. Genetics and environmental factors in endocrine/organ-specific autoimmunity: have there been any major advances?

   • Hiroaki Moriyama
   • George S. Eisenbarth

   Original Paper Pages: 231 - 242

3. The continuous discovery of autoantigens in endocrine organ-specific autoimmunity: do they help us to understand pathogenesis?

   • Alessandra Fierabracci
   • Gian Franco Bottazzo

   Original Paper Pages: 243 - 259

4. Autoreactive T cells in endocrine/organ-specific autoimmunity: why has progress been so slow?

   • Bart O. Roep

   Original Paper Pages: 261 - 271

5. Are we ready to predict and prevent endocrine/organ specific autoimmune diseases?

   • Jochen Seissler
   • Werner A. Scherbaum

   Original Paper Pages: 273 - 295

6. Animal models of endocrine/organ-specific autoimmune diseases: do they really help us to understand human autoimmunity?

   • W. K. Lam-Tse
   • A. Lernmark
   • H. A. Drexhage

   Original Paper Pages: 297 - 321

7. What can the epidemiological approach to type 1 diabetes contribute to the unravelling of autoimmune pathological mechanisms?

   • Anders Green

   Original Paper Pages: 323 - 330

8. Is it cytotoxicity or apoptosis which causes cell death in autoimmunity?

   • Luigi Franchi
   • Roberto Testi

   Original Paper Pages: 331 - 341