Diabetes -- Table of Contents (February 2006, 55 [2])

Rapid Publications:

Regeneration of Pancreatic Islets After Partial Pancreatectomy in Mice Does Not Involve the Reactivation of Neurogenin-3: Catherine S. Lee, Diva D. De León, Klaus H. Kaestner, and Doris A. Stoffers
Diabetes 2006 55: 269 -272. First published on December 16, 2005 as 10.2337/diabetes.55.02.06.db05-1300 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Obesity Studies:

Adipose Overexpression of Phosphoenolpyruvate Carboxykinase Leads to High Susceptibility to Diet-Induced Insulin Resistance and Obesity: Sylvie Franckhauser, Sergio Muñoz, Ivet Elias, Tura Ferre, and Fatima Bosch
Diabetes 2006 55: 273 -280. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Inhibition of p38MAPK Increases Adipogenesis From Embryonic to Adult Stages: Myriam Aouadi, Kathiane Laurent, Matthieu Prot, Yannick Le Marchand-Brustel, Bernard Binétruy, and Frédéric Bost
Diabetes 2006 55: 281 -289. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

MCH^–/– Mice Are Resistant to Aging-Associated Increases in Body Weight and Insulin Resistance: Justin Y. Jeon, Richard L. Bradley, Efi G. Kokkotou, Francis E. Marino, Xiaomei Wang, Pavlos Pissios, and Eleftheria Maratos-Flier
Diabetes 2006 55: 428 -434. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Immunology and Transplantation:

Failure of Transplanted Bone Marrow Cells to Adopt a Pancreatic ß-Cell Fate: Jalal Taneera, Anders Rosengren, Erik Renstrom, Jens M. Nygren, Palle Serup, Patrik Rorsman, and Sten Eirik W. Jacobsen
Diabetes 2006 55: 290 -296. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Islet Studies:

MafB: An Activator of the Glucagon Gene Expressed in Developing Islet ${alpha}$ - and ß-Cells: Isabella Artner, John Le Lay, Yan Hang, Lynda Elghazi, Jonathan C. Schisler, Eva Henderson, Beatriz Sosa-Pineda, and Roland Stein
Diabetes 2006 55: 297 -304. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

CART Regulates Islet Hormone Secretion and Is Expressed in the ß-Cells of Type 2 Diabetic Rats: Nils Wierup, Maria Björkqvist, Michael J. Kuhar, Hindrik Mulder, and Frank Sundler
Diabetes 2006 55: 305 -311. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Integrin Signaling via RGD Peptides and Anti-ß1 Antibodies Confers Resistance to Apoptosis in Islets of Langerhans: Gabrielle G.M. Pinkse, Wendy P. Bouwman, Reshma Jiawan-Lalai, O.T. Terpstra, Jan A. Bruijn, and Emile de Heer
Diabetes 2006 55: 312 -317. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Akt Induces ß-Cell Proliferation by Regulating Cyclin D1, Cyclin D2, and p21 Levels and Cyclin-Dependent Kinase-4 Activity: Szabolcs Fatrai, Lynda Elghazi, Norman Balcazar, Corentin Cras-Méneur, Irina Krits, Hiroaki Kiyokawa, and Ernesto Bernal-Mizrachi
Diabetes 2006 55: 318 -325. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Impaired Gene and Protein Expression of Exocytotic Soluble N-Ethylmaleimide Attachment Protein Receptor Complex Proteins in Pancreatic Islets of Type 2 Diabetic Patients: Claes-Goran Ostenson, Herbert Gaisano, Laura Sheu, Annika Tibell, and Tamas Bartfai
Diabetes 2006 55: 435 -440. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

In Vivo and In Vitro Glucose-Induced Biphasic Insulin Secretion in the Mouse: Pattern and Role of Cytoplasmic Ca²⁺ and Amplification Signals in ß-Cells: Jean-Claude Henquin, Myriam Nenquin, Patrick Stiernet, and Bo Ahren
Diabetes 2006 55: 441 -451. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Differences of Pancreatic Expression of 7B2 Between C57BL/6J and C3H/HeJ Mice and Genetic Polymorphisms at its locus (Sgne1): Gunther Schmidt, Francine Sirois, Younes Anini, Lisa M. Kauri, Charles Gyamera-Acheampong, Eckart Fleck, Fraser W. Scott, Michel Chrétien, and Majambu Mbikay
Diabetes 2006 55: 452 -459. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] Online-Only Appendix

Pathophysiology:

Effects of Type 1 Diabetes on Gray Matter Density as Measured by Voxel-Based Morphometry: Gail Musen, In Kyoon Lyoo, Caitlin R. Sparks, Katie Weinger, Jaeuk Hwang, Christopher M. Ryan, David C. Jimerson, John Hennen, Perry F. Renshaw, and Alan M. Jacobson
Diabetes 2006 55: 326 -333. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] Online-Only Appendix

Microvascular Disease in Type 1 Diabetes Alters Brain Activation: A Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Study: Alette M. Wessels, Serge A.R.B. Rombouts, Suat Simsek, Joost P.A. Kuijer, Piet J. Kostense, Frederik Barkhof, Philip Scheltens, Frank J. Snoek, and Robert J. Heine
Diabetes 2006 55: 334 -340. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Gestational Glucose Tolerance and Risk of Type 2 Diabetes in Young Pima Indian Offspring: Paul W. Franks, Helen C. Looker, Sayuko Kobes, Leslie Touger, P. Antonio Tataranni, Robert L. Hanson, and William C. Knowler
Diabetes 2006 55: 460 -465. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Increased Myocardial Oxygen Consumption Reduces Cardiac Efficiency in Diabetic Mice: Ole-Jakob How, Ellen Aasum, David L. Severson, W.Y. Anna Chan, M. Faadiel Essop, and Terje S. Larsen
Diabetes 2006 55: 466 -473. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Complications:

ACE Inhibitor or Angiotensin II Receptor Antagonist Attenuates Diabetic Neuropathy in Streptozotocin-Induced Diabetic Rats: Lawrence J. Coppey, Eric P. Davidson, Thomas W. Rinehart, Jill S. Gellett, Christine L. Oltman, Donald D. Lund, and Mark A. Yorek
Diabetes 2006 55: 341 -348. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Streptozotocin-Induced Diabetes Causes Astrocyte Death After Ischemia and Reperfusion Injury: Marianna Muranyi, Chaonan Ding, QingPing He, Yanling Lin, and Ping-An Li
Diabetes 2006 55: 349 -355. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

A Severe Diabetic Nephropathy Model With Early Development of Nodule-Like Lesions Induced by Megsin Overexpression in RAGE/iNOS Transgenic Mice: Reiko Inagi, Yasuhiko Yamamoto, Masaomi Nangaku, Nobuteru Usuda, Hiroshi Okamato, Kiyoshi Kurokawa, Charles van Ypersele de Strihou, Hiroshi Yamamoto, and Toshio Miyata
Diabetes 2006 55: 356 -366. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Statins Prevent Dextrose-Induced Endothelial Barrier Dysfunction, Possibly Through Inhibition of Superoxide Formation: Michael J. Haas, Mohamad H. Horani, Shant A. Parseghian, and Arshag D. Mooradian
Diabetes 2006 55: 474 -479. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Loss of Endothelial Glycocalyx During Acute Hyperglycemia Coincides With Endothelial Dysfunction and Coagulation Activation In Vivo: Max Nieuwdorp, Timon W. van Haeften, Mirella C.L.G. Gouverneur, Hans L. Mooij, Miriam H.P. van Lieshout, Marcel Levi, Joost C.M. Meijers, Frits Holleman, Joost B.L. Hoekstra, Hans Vink, John J.P. Kastelein, and Erik S.G. Stroes
Diabetes 2006 55: 480 -486. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Diabetes Enhances mRNA Levels of Proapoptotic Genes and Caspase Activity, Which Contribute to Impaired Healing: Hesham A. Al-Mashat, Suneel Kandru, Rongkun Liu, Yugal Behl, Tesfahun Desta, and Dana T. Graves
Diabetes 2006 55: 487 -495. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] Online-Only Appendix

Activation of the AMP-Activated Kinase by Antidiabetes Drug Metformin Stimulates Nitric Oxide Synthesis In Vivo by Promoting the Association of Heat Shock Protein 90 and Endothelial Nitric Oxide Synthase: Bradley J. Davis, Zhonglin Xie, Benoit Viollet, and Ming-Hui Zou
Diabetes 2006 55: 496 -505. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Retinal Vessel Diameters and Risk of Impaired Fasting Glucose or Diabetes: The Rotterdam Study: M. Kamran Ikram, Joop A.M.J.L. Janssen, Anna M.E. Roos, Ingrid Rietveld, Jacqueline C.M. Witteman, Monique M.B. Breteler, Albert Hofman, Cornelia M. van Duijn, and Paulus T.V.M. de Jong
Diabetes 2006 55: 506 -510. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Pharmacology and Therapeutics:

Angiotensin II Type 1 Receptor Blockade Improves ß-Cell Function and Glucose Tolerance in a Mouse Model of Type 2 Diabetes: Kwan Yi Chu, Tung Lau, Per-Ola Carlsson, and Po Sing Leung
Diabetes 2006 55: 367 -374. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Insulin Improves Myocardial Blood Flow in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes and Coronary Artery Disease: Riikka Lautamäki, K.E. Juhani Airaksinen, Marko Seppänen, Jyri Toikka, Risto Härkönen, Matti Luotolahti, Ronald Borra, Jan Sundell, Juhani Knuuti, and Pirjo Nuutila
Diabetes 2006 55: 511 -516. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Effect of Pioglitazone on Pancreatic ß-Cell Function and Diabetes Risk in Hispanic Women With Prior Gestational Diabetes: Anny H. Xiang, Ruth K. Peters, Siri L. Kjos, Aura Marroquin, Jose Goico, Cesar Ochoa, Miwa Kawakubo, and Thomas A. Buchanan
Diabetes 2006 55: 517 -522. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Genetics:

Genetic Architecture of the APM1 Gene and Its Influence on Adiponectin Plasma Levels and Parameters of the Metabolic Syndrome in 1,727 Healthy Caucasians: Iris M. Heid, Stefanie A. Wagner, Henning Gohlke, Bernhard Iglseder, Jakob C. Mueller, Paula Cip, Günther Ladurner, Raphael Reiter, Andreas Stadlmayr, Vitolds Mackevics, Thomas Illig, Florian Kronenberg, and Bernhard Paulweber
Diabetes 2006 55: 375 -384. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] Online-Only Appendix

Interactions Between Noncontiguous Haplotypes in the Adiponectin Gene ACDC Are Associated With Plasma Adiponectin: Jessica G. Woo, Lawrence M. Dolan, Ranjan Deka, Ritesh D. Kaushal, Yayun Shen, Prodipto Pal, Stephen R. Daniels, and Lisa J. Martin
Diabetes 2006 55: 523 -529. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] Online-Only Appendix

Hemostatic Markers of Endothelial Dysfunction and Risk of Incident Type 2 Diabetes: The Framingham Offspring Study: James B. Meigs, Christopher J. O’Donnell, Geoffrey H. Tofler, Emelia J. Benjamin, Caroline S. Fox, Izabela Lipinska, David M. Nathan, Lisa M. Sullivan, Ralph B. D’Agostino, and Peter W.F. Wilson
Diabetes 2006 55: 530 -537. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Defective Induction of CTLA-4 in the NOD Mouse Is Controlled by the NOD Allele of Idd3/IL-2 and a Novel Locus (Ctex) Telomeric on Chromosome 1: Marie Lundholm, Vinicius Motta, Anna Löfgren-Burström, Nadia Duarte, Marie-Louise Bergman, Sofia Mayans, and Dan Holmberg
Diabetes 2006 55: 538 -544. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Brief Genetics Reports:

Identification of TUB as a Novel Candidate Gene Influencing Body Weight in Humans: Ronit Shiri-Sverdlov, Anne Custers, Jana V. van Vliet-Ostaptchouk, Patrick J.J. van Gorp, Patrick J. Lindsey, Jonathan H.O. van Tilburg, Sasha Zhernakova, Edith J.M. Feskens, Daphne L. van der A, Martijn E.T. Dollé, Timon W. van Haeften, Bobby P.C. Koeleman, Marten H. Hofker, and Cisca Wijmenga
Diabetes 2006 55: 385 -389. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] Online-Only Appendix

ACDC/Adiponectin Polymorphisms Are Associated With Severe Childhood and Adult Obesity: Nabila Bouatia-Naji, David Meyre, Stéphane Lobbens, Karin Séron, Frédéric Fumeron, Beverley Balkau, Barbara Heude, Béatrice Jouret, Philipp E. Scherer, Christian Dina, Jacques Weill, and Philippe Froguel
Diabetes 2006 55: 545 -550. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] Online-Only Appendix

Quantitative Trait Loci on Chromosome 8q24 for Pancreatic ß-Cell Function and 7q11 for Insulin Sensitivity in Obese Nondiabetic White and Black Families: Evidence From Genome-Wide Linkage Scans in the NHLBI Hypertension Genetic Epidemiology Network (HyperGEN) Study: Ping An, Barry I. Freedman, Stephen S. Rich, Stephen A. Mandel, Donna K. Arnett, Richard H. Myers, Yii-Der I. Chen, Steven C. Hunt, and D.C. Rao
Diabetes 2006 55: 551 -558. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Analysis of Polymorphisms of the Interleukin-18 Gene in Type 1 Diabetes and Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium Testing: Jeffrey S. Szeszko, Joanna M.M. Howson, Jason D. Cooper, Neil M. Walker, Rebecca C.J. Twells, Helen E. Stevens, Sarah L. Nutland, and John A. Todd
Diabetes 2006 55: 559 -562. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] Online-Only Appendix

New Methodologies and Databases:

Considerations in the Design of Hyperinsulinemic-Euglycemic Clamps in the Conscious Mouse: Julio E. Ayala, Deanna P. Bracy, Owen P. McGuinness, and David H. Wasserman
Diabetes 2006 55: 390 -397. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Metabolism:

Cholinergic Involvement in Vascular and Glucoregulatory Actions of Insulin in Rats: Martin Lévesque, Marta Santuré, Maryse Pitre, André Nadeau, and Hélène Bachelard
Diabetes 2006 55: 398 -404. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Contrasting Insulin Sensitivity of Endogenous Glucose Production Rate in Subjects With Hepatocyte Nuclear Factor-1ß and -1 ${alpha}$ Mutations: Anna Brackenridge, Ewan R. Pearson, Fariba Shojaee-Moradie, Andrew T. Hattersley, David Russell-Jones, and A. Margot Umpleby
Diabetes 2006 55: 405 -411. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Signal Transduction:

Glucokinase Is a Critical Regulator of Ventromedial Hypothalamic Neuronal Glucosensing: Ling Kang, Ambrose A. Dunn-Meynell, Vanessa H. Routh, Larry D. Gaspers, Yasufumi Nagata, Teruyuki Nishimura, Junichi Eiki, Bei B. Zhang, and Barry E. Levin
Diabetes 2006 55: 412 -420. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

SGK1 Kinase Upregulates GLUT1 Activity and Plasma Membrane Expression: Monica Palmada, Christoph Boehmer, Ahmad Akel, Jeyaganesh Rajamanickam, Sankarganesh Jeyaraj, Konrad Keller, and Florian Lang
Diabetes 2006 55: 421 -427. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Errata:

Erratum: Diabetes 2006 55: 563 . [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]