Editor-in-Chief
Fujio Suzuki, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus of Osaka University, 1-1 Yamada-oka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
Associate Editors
Masayoshi Kumegawa, D.D.S., Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus of Meikai University
Saitama, Japan
Masaki Noda, M.D., Ph.D.
Department of Molecular Pharmacology
Medical Research Institute
Tokyo Medical and Dental University
Tokyo, Japan
Hiroyuki Kawashima, Ph.D.
Department of Tissue Regeneration
and Reconstruction
Niigata University Graduate School of
Medicine and Dental Sciences
Niigata, Japan
Yoshiki Seino, M.D., Ph.D.
Osaka Kosei Nenkin Hospital
Osaka, Japan
Toshitaka Nakamura, M.D., Ph.D.
Department of Orthopedics
University of Occupational and
Environmental Health
Fukuoka, Japan
Masao Fukunaga, M.D.
Department of Nuclear Medicine
Kawasaki Medical School
Okayama, Japan
Takayuki Hosoi, M.D., Ph.D.
Endocrinology Section
Tokyo Metropolitan Geriatric Medical Hospital
Tokyo, Japan
Editor Emeritus
Takuo Fujita, Kishiwada
Editorial Board
Sadakazu Ejiri, Niigata
Seiji Fukumoto, Tokyo
Yoshiyuki Hakeda, Sakado
Masaru Inoue, Okayama
Akira Itabashi, Saitama
Hisashi Iwata, Nagoya
Seiya Jingushi, Fukuoka
Shigeaki Kato, Tokyo
Yukio Kato, Hiroshima
Kiyoshi Kurokawa, Isehara
Takahide Kurokawa, Tokyo
Kazuhiro Kushida, Hamamatsu
Toshio Matsumoto, Tokushima
Hirotoshi Morii, Osaka
Rikushi Morita, Otsu
Yasuho Nishii, Tokyo
Hideo Okumura, Kyoto
Hajime Orimo, Tokyo
Hidehiro Ozawa, Shiojiri
Chohei Shigeno, Kyoto
Hitoyata Shimokawa, Tokyo
Tatsuo Suda, Tokyo
Yoichi Sugioka, Fukuoka
Hideaki E. Takahashi, Niigata
Naoyuki Takahashi, Shiojiri
Kunio Takaoka, Matsumoto
Hiroyuki Tanaka, Okayama
Tatsuhiko Tanizawa, Niigata
Advisory Board
Naoto Endo, Niigata
Yoshiki Nishizawa, Osaka
Hiromichi Norimatsu, Kagawa
Hiroaki Ohta, Tokyo
Keiichi Ozono, Suita
Masaharu Takigawa, Okayama
Ryota Teshima, Yonago
Akira Yamaguchi, Nagasaki
Toshiyuki Yoneda, Suita
Hideki Yoshikawa, Suita
International Advisory Board
Roland Baron, USA
David J. Baylink, USA
Daniel D. Bikle, USA
Roger Bouillon, Belgium
Barbara D. Boyan, USA
Alan Boyde, UK
Elisabeth H. Burger, Netherlands
David B. Burr, USA
William T. Butler, USA
Po-Quang Chen, Taiwan
Harold M. Frost, USA
Francis Glorieux, Canada
Webster S. S. Jee, USA
Chung-nam Kang, Korea
Joseph M. Lane, USA
Sung-Kil Lim, Korea
Stavros Manolagas, USA
Robert R. Recker, USA
Jonathan Reeve, UK
Pamela G. Robey, USA
Gideon A. Rodan, USA
Eduardo Slatopolsky, USA
Marvin L. Tanzer, USA
Steven L. Teitelbaum, USA
John D. Termine, USA
Michael P. Whyte, USA
Tong-Shu Yang, China
Liu Zhonghou, China
Editorial Secretary
Yuiko Gorodai
Center for Academic Societies Japan, Osaka, Senri Life Science Center Building, 14F
1-4-2 Shinsenrihigashi-machi, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-0082, Japan