18 - World Journal of Gastroenterology
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PO Box 2345, Beijing 100023, China <strong>World</strong> J Gastroenterol 2007 May 14; 13(<strong>18</strong>): 2644<br />
www.wjgnet.com <strong>World</strong> <strong>Journal</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Gastroenterology</strong> ISSN 1007-9327<br />
wjg@wjgnet.com © 2007 The WJG Press. All rights reserved.<br />
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS<br />
Acknowledgments to Reviewers <strong>of</strong> <strong>World</strong> <strong>Journal</strong> <strong>of</strong><br />
<strong>Gastroenterology</strong><br />
Many reviewers have contributed their expertise and time<br />
to the peer review, a critical process to ensure the quality<br />
<strong>of</strong> <strong>World</strong> <strong>Journal</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Gastroenterology</strong>. The editors and authors<br />
<strong>of</strong> the articles submitted to the journal are grateful to the<br />
following reviewers for evaluating the articles (including<br />
those published in this issue and those rejected for this<br />
issue) during the last editing time period.<br />
Jay Pravda, MD<br />
Inflammatory Disease Research Center, Gainesville, Florida, 32614-2<strong>18</strong>1,<br />
United States<br />
Chris Jacob Johan Mulder, Pr<strong>of</strong>essor<br />
Department <strong>of</strong> <strong>Gastroenterology</strong>, VU University Medical Center, PO Box 7057,<br />
1007 MB Amsterdam, The Netherlands<br />
Giovanni D De Palma, Pr<strong>of</strong>essor<br />
Department <strong>of</strong> Surgery and Advanced Technologies, University <strong>of</strong> Naples<br />
Federico II, School <strong>of</strong> Medicine, Naples 80131, Italy<br />
Jose Castellote, PhD<br />
Universitari de Bellvitge. L’Hospitalet de Llobregat Barcelona. C/ Feixa Llarga<br />
S/N, L'hospitalet de Llobregat Barcelona 08023, Spain<br />
Martin Hennenberg, Dipl-Biol<br />
Medizinische Klinik & Poliklinik I, Uni-Klinik Bonn, Sigmund-Freud Str. 25,<br />
53105 Bonn, Germany<br />
Yoshiaki Iwasaki, Dr<br />
Department <strong>of</strong> <strong>Gastroenterology</strong> and Hepatology, Okayama University Graduate<br />
School <strong>of</strong> Medicine, Dentistry, and Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2-5-1, Shikata-cho,<br />
Okayama 700-8558, Japan<br />
Richard A Rippe, Dr<br />
Department <strong>of</strong> Medicine, The University <strong>of</strong> North Carolina at Chapel Hill,<br />
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7038, United States<br />
Takafumi Ando, MD, PhD<br />
Department <strong>of</strong> <strong>Gastroenterology</strong>, Nagoya University Graduate School <strong>of</strong><br />
Medicine, Therapeutic Medicine, 65 Tsurumai-cho, Showa-ku, Nagoya 466-8550,<br />
Japan<br />
Vasiliy I. Reshetnyak, MD, PhD, Pr<strong>of</strong>essor<br />
Scientist Secretary <strong>of</strong> the Scientific Research Institute <strong>of</strong> General Reanimatology,<br />
25-2, Petrovka str., 107031, Moscow, Russia<br />
Khek-Yu Ho, Pr<strong>of</strong>essor<br />
Department <strong>of</strong> Medicine, National University Hospital, 119074, Singapore<br />
Markus W Büchler, MD<br />
Department <strong>of</strong> General Surgery, University <strong>of</strong> Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld<br />
110, Heidelberg D-69120, Germany<br />
Masato Kusunoki, Pr<strong>of</strong>essor and Chairman<br />
Second Department <strong>of</strong> Surgery, Mie University School <strong>of</strong> Medicine, Mie, 2-174<br />
Edobashi, Tsu MIE 514-8507, Japan<br />
Walter Edwin Longo, Pr<strong>of</strong>essor<br />
Department <strong>of</strong> Surgery, Yale University School <strong>of</strong> Medicine, 205 Cedar Street,<br />
New Haven 06510, United States<br />
Leonidas G Koniaris, Pr<strong>of</strong>essor<br />
Alan Livingstone Chair in Surgical Oncology, 3550 Sylvester Comprehensive<br />
Cancer Center (310T), 1475 NW 12th Ave., Miami, FL 33136, United States<br />
Paul Jonathan Ciclitira, Pr<strong>of</strong>essor<br />
The Rayne Institute (GKT), St Thomas’ hospital, London NW32QG,<br />
United Kingdom<br />
Yvan Vandenplas, Pr<strong>of</strong>essor<br />
Department <strong>of</strong> Pediatrics, AZ-VUB, Laarbeeklaan 101, Brussels 1090, Belgium<br />
David R Gretch, MD, PhD<br />
Viral Hepatitis Laboratory, Room 706, UW Research and Training Building,<br />
Harborview Medical Center, Box 359690, 325 Ninth Avenue, Seattle, Washington<br />
98104, United States<br />
Patricia F Lalor, Dr<br />
Liver Research Laboratory, Room 537 Institute <strong>of</strong> Biomedical Research, Divsion<br />
<strong>of</strong> Medical Science, University <strong>of</strong> Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT,<br />
United Kingdom<br />
Bart Rik De Geest, Dr<br />
Center for Molecular and Vascular Biology, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven,<br />
Campus Gasthuisberg, Herestraat 49, Leuven 3000, Belgium<br />
Masatoshi Makuuchi, Pr<strong>of</strong>essor<br />
Department <strong>of</strong> Surgery, Graduate School <strong>of</strong> Medicine, University <strong>of</strong> Tokyo, T<br />
Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery Division Tokyo 113-8655, Japan<br />
Shawn David Safford, Dr<br />
Department <strong>of</strong> Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, 994 West Ocean View<br />
Avenue, Norfolk VA23503, United States<br />
Scott A. Waldman, MD, PhD, FCP<br />
Division <strong>of</strong> Clinical Pharmacology, Departments <strong>of</strong> Medicine and Biochemistry<br />
and Molecular Pharmacology, Jefferson Medical College, Thomas Jefferson<br />
University, 1100 Walnut Street, MOB Suite 813, Pennsylvania 19107, Philadelphia,<br />
United States<br />
Bo-Rong Pan, Pr<strong>of</strong>essor<br />
Outpatient Department <strong>of</strong> Oncology, The Fourth Military Medical University, 175<br />
Changle West Road,Xi’an 710032, Shaanxi Province, China<br />
Minoti Vivek Apte, Associate Pr<strong>of</strong>essor<br />
Pancreatic Research Group, South Western Sydney Clinical School, The University<br />
<strong>of</strong> New South Wales. Liverpool, NSW 2170, Australia<br />
Burton I Korelitz, MD<br />
Department <strong>of</strong> <strong>Gastroenterology</strong>, Lenox Hill Hospital, 100 East 77th Street, 3<br />
Achelis, New York, N.Y 10021, United States<br />
Ronan A Cahill<br />
Department <strong>of</strong> General Surgery, Waterford Regional Hospital, Waterford, Cork,<br />
Ireland<br />
Katri Maria Kaukinen, MD, PhD<br />
Medical School, FIN-33014 University <strong>of</strong> Tampere, Tampere, Finland<br />
Luis Rodrigo, Pr<strong>of</strong>essor<br />
<strong>Gastroenterology</strong> Service, Hospital Central de Asturias, c/ Celestino Villamil, s.n.,<br />
Oviedo 33.006, Spain<br />
Ian David Wallace, MD<br />
Shakespeare Specialist Group, <strong>18</strong>1 Shakesperare Rd, Milford, Auckland 1309,<br />
New Zealand<br />
SØren MØller, Chief Physician<br />
Department <strong>of</strong> Clinical Physiology 239, Hvidovre Hospital, Kettegaard alle 30,<br />
DK-2650 Hvidovre, Denmark<br />
Michael Trauner, Pr<strong>of</strong>essor<br />
Medical University Graz, Auenbruggerplatz 15, Graz A-8036, Austria<br />
Ming Li, Associate Pr<strong>of</strong>essor<br />
Tulane University Health Sciences Center, 1430 Tulane Ave Sl-83, New Orleans<br />
70112, United States<br />
Christa Buechler, PhD<br />
Regensburg University Medical Center, Internal Medicine I, Franz Josef Strauss<br />
Allee 11, 93042 Regensburg, Germany