NEFROLOGÍA. Vol. XXI. Suplemento 3. 2001 CONTENTS «DIABETES AND THE KIDNEY» Guest editor: Juan F. Navarro González Nephrology Service Hospital Universitario Nuestra Señora de Candelaria Santa Cruz de Tenerife · Diabetes mellitus or the truth of a crash C. Mora and J. F. Navarro · Diabetes mellitus and diabetic nephropathy: which is the magnitude of the problem? J. Ortuño · Diabetes mellitus: the cost of ignorance A. López Alba · Pathogenic factors in diabetic nephropathy: where are we coming from and where are we going to? B. Marrón, A. Ortiz and J. Egido · Diabetic nephropathy: pathophysiology and clinical course M. Macía Heras, M. Macía Jerez and F. Coronel · Proximal renal tubular dysfunction in diabetes mellitus V. García Nieto, M. I. Luis and A. Callejón · Treatment of hypertension in diabetes. From the sermon to the hard reality B. Maceira, L. Pérez Tamajón and M. Losada · Diabetes and the kidney: predictors of nephropathy and progression factors E. González, M. Ortiz and M. Praga · Diabetes mellitus and cardiovascular risk F. Valdés, D. Lorenzo, X. Calviño, M. Cao, C. Fernández-Rivera and M. Pérez Fontán · Renoprotective therapy in diabetic nephropathy. Available evidences J. C. Rodríguez Pérez, F. J. Rodríguez Esparragón, O. Hernández Perera, C. Plaza and L. Palop · Treatment of the diabetic patient with renal insufficiency A. Martinez Castelao, F. de Alvaro and J. L. Górriz · Treatment of diabetic nephropathy in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. Recent advances F. de Álvaro · Diabetes mellitus as a cause of end-stage renal disease. An epidemic in the XXIst century? D. Carretero-Dios, R. Pérez-García, P. Rodríguez-Benítez, M. Villaverde, F. Gómez-Campderá and F. Valderrábano · «Renal replacement therapy in the diabetic patient. Who, when, how? A. L. M. de Francisco, G. Fernández Fresnedo, C. Piñera, E. Rodrigo, I. Herraez, J. C. Ruiz and M. Arias · Diabetes and renal transplantation J. Pascual, R. Marcén, F. Liaño and F. J. Burgos · Pancreas-kidney transplantation Mª J. Ricart · Molecular and therapeutic progress in diabetes: future perspectives E. Salido, D. Hernández and A. Torres