Table of Contents

Volume 1, Issue 2

  September/October 2009

  Pages 87 - 166

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Reviews

• Using phase relations to identify potential mechanisms for metabolic oscillations in isolated β-cell mitochondria

  Open Access Article

  Richard Bertram, Paula Budu-Grajdeanu and M. Saleet Jafri
  Pages 87 - 94

• The role of insulin signaling in the development of β-cell dysfunction and diabetes

  Open Access Article

  Qinghua Wang and Tianru Jin
  Pages 95 - 101

Research Papers

• Pattern of distribution of IGF-1 and EGF in pancreatic islets of type 2 diabetic patients

  Open Access Article

  Suhail Al-Salam, Raheed Hameed, Hasan Parvez and Ernest Adeghate
  Pages 102 - 105

• The direct effects of tacrolimus and cyclosporin A on isolated human islets: A functional, survival and gene expression study

  Open Access Article

  Marco Bugliani, Matilde Masini, Robin Liechti, Lorella Marselli, Ioannis Xenarios, Ugo Boggi, Franco Filipponi, Pellegrino Masiello and Piero Marchetti
  Pages 106 - 110

• Long-term effects of chitosan oligosaccharide in streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats

  Open Access Article

  Jin Nam Kim, In Youb Chang, Hyun Il Kim and Sang Pil Yoon
  Pages 111 - 116

• Characterisation of the NES2Y cell line and its use in the production of human glucose-responsive insulin producing (hGRIP) cell lines by cell-cell fusion

  Open Access Article

  Gary G. Adams, A Uddin, M Vives-Pi and R Pujol-Borrell
  Pages 117 - 123

• Downregulation of ZnT8 expression in pancreatic β-cells of diabetic mice

  Open Access Article

  Motoyuki Tamaki, Yoshio Fujitani, Toyoyoshi Uchida, Takahisa Hirose, Ryuzo Kawamori and Hirotaka Watada
  Pages 124 - 128

• Islet architecture: A comparative study

  Open Access Article

  Abraham Kim, Kevin Miller, Junghyo Jo, German Kilimnik, Pawel Wojcik and Manami Hara
  Pages 129 - 136

• The miR-30 family microRNAs confer epithelial phenotype to human pancreatic cells

  Open Access Article

  Mugdha V. Joglekar, Deepak Patil, Vinay M. Joglekar, GV Rao, D Nageshwar Reddy, Sasikala Mitnala, Yogesh Shouche and Anandwardhan A. Hardikar
  Pages 137 - 147

Article Addenda

• Physiological significance of SK4 channels in pancreatic β-cell oscillations

  Open Access Article

  Gisela Drews
  Pages 148 - 150

• Beta-cell autophagy: A novel mechanism regulating β-cell function and mass- Lessons from β-cell-specific Atg7-deficient mice

  Open Access Article

  Yoshio Fujitani, Chie Ebato, Toyoyoshi Uchida, Ryuzo Kawamori and Hirotaka Watada
  Pages 151 - 153

• Matrix alkalinisation unleashes β-cell mitochondria

  Open Access Article

  Andreas Wiederkehr
  Pages 154 - 156

• A role for autophagy in β-cell life and death

  Open Access Article

  Matilde Masini, Roberto Lupi, Marco Bugliani, Ugo Boggi, Franco Filipponi, Pellegrino Masiello and Piero Marchetti
  Pages 157 - 159

• The αβδ of ion channels in human islet cells

  Open Access Article

  Matthias Braun
  Pages 160 - 162

Commentaries

• Optical imaging of islets: New possibilities by the development of infrared fluorescent proteins

  Open Access Article

  Andreas Hörnblad and Ulf Ahlgren
  Pages 163 - 164

• TRPM2 and pancreatic β-cell responses to oxidative stress

  Open Access Article

  Andrew M. Scharenberg
  Pages 165 - 166