Diabetes

1. The regulation of insulin gene transcription; 2. Molecular structure of insulin; 3. Regulation of insulin secretion; 4. Insulin receptors; 5. The role of protein phosphorylation in insulin action; 6. Glucose transport mechanisms; 7. Glucose homeostasis; 8. Epidemiology of insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM); 9. Genetics of IDDM; 10. Aetiology of Type 1 (insulin-dependent) diabetes; 11. Epidemiology of NIDDM; 12. Genetic basis of the aetiology of non-insulin-dependent diabetes (NIDD); 13. Islet amyloid polypeptide and amyloid in the islets of Langerhans; 14. Primary insulin resistance; 15. Epidemiology of the complications of diabetes; 16. Macrovascular disease in diabetes; 17. Diabetic neuropathy; 18. Diabetic foot infections; 19. Ocular complications of diabetes; 20. Diabetic nephropathy; 21. The personal, social and economic burden of diabetic complications; 22. Mortality among persons with diabetes; 23. Glycation and diabetic complications; 24. The sorbitol pathway and diabetic complications; 25. Proteinuria and diabetic complications; 26. Pharmacologic approaches to NIDDM; 27. Insulin and insulin analogues; 28. Hypoglycaemia; 29. Strategies for prevention of Type 1 (insulin-dependent) diabetes; 30. Treatment of early diabetic renal disease; 31. Pancreatic transplantation in humans with diabetes mellitus; 32. Rational insulin management of IDDM; 33. Rationale in the management of non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM); 34. Psychosocial aspects of diabetes care; Index.