Managing Editor:
Magdalena Wierzchowiecka, De Gruyter Open
Editor-in-Chief
Zbigniew Darzynkiewicz, New York Medical College, USA
Guest Editor
Qian Liu, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, China
Editors:
Andrology and sexuology
Jolanta Słowikowska-Hilczer, Department of Andrology and Reproductive Endocrinology Medical University of Lodz, Poland
Anesthesiology and intensive care
Armin Sablotzki, St. Georg Hospital, Germany
Franz J. Wiedermann, Medical University of Innsbruck, Austria
Wolfgang Zink , University of Regensburg, Germany
Cardiology
Hiroshi Hasegawa, Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan
Anna Kostopoulou , Onasis Cardiac Surgery Center in Athens, Greece
Yuxin Li, Nihon University School of Medicine, Japan
Josef Veselka, Department of Cardiology of Cardiovascular Centre in Prague, Czech Republic
Yau Sui Yu, Open University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Clinical microbiology and infections diseases
Roberto Di Marco, Università del Molise, Italy
Hannu Elo, University of Helsinki, Finland
Dilek Erer, Gazi University, Ankara, Turkey
Krassimir Metodiev , Department of Immunology Medical University in Varna, Bulgaria
Sandy Springer, Yale School of Medicine, USA
Dental medicine
Wolfgang Arnold, University of Witten/Herdecke, Germany
Marcin Kozakiewicz, Maxillofacial Surgery, Medical University of Lodz, Poland
Lorenzo Lo Muzio, University of Foggia, Italy
Terukazu Sanui, Faculty of Dental Science, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
Miira Vehkalahti, University of Helsinki, Finland
Dermatology
Andrea Szegedi, University of Debrecen, Hungary
Branka Marinovic , University Department of Dermatology and Venereology in Zagreb, Croatia
Endocrinology
Bruno Moncharmont, Università degli Studi del Molise, Italy
Tsvetalina Tankova, Clinical Centre of Endocrinology Medical University in Sofia, Bulgary
Gastroenterology
Harish Iyer, Albert Einstein Medical Center
Jiang Qian,The Ohio State University, USA
Jose Manuel Ramia, Department of Surgery, Hospital Universitario de Guadalajara, Spain
Gynecology and Obstetrics
Roberto Anglioli, Campus Bio-Medico of Rome, Italy
Tomas Fait , Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic
Immunology and allergology
Lydie Izakovicova Holla, Department Pathological Physiology of Masaryk University in Brno, Czech Republic
Nobuyasu Baba, Kochi University Medical School, Japan
Marta Baleva, Department of Allergology Medical University in Sofia, Bulgaria
Silvia Deaglio, University of Turin, Italy
Douglas M Noonan, University of Insubria, Italy
Voja Pavlovic , Institute of Physiology Medical Faculty in Nis, Serbia
Giuseppina Ruggiero, Università di Napoli "Federico II", Napoli, Italy
Internal medicine
Arnon Blum, Baruch-Padeh Poria Hospital, Israel
Harish Iyer, Albert Einstein Medical Center
Vladimir Jurisic, University of Kragujevac Serbia
David Scott, Clinical Research Development Associates, LLC
Otolaryngology
Lorenzo Lo Muzio, University of Foggia, Italy
Yohanna Takwoingi, Department of Otolaryngology in Birmingham, UK
Medical genetics
Damjan Glavac , University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
Michela Grosso, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy
Sachio Morimoto, Kyushu University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan
Despina Sanoudou, Biomedical Research Foundation, Greece
Nicola Zambrano, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Naples, Italy
Molecular and experimental medicine
Karolina Danielczyk, Histology and Embriology Department, Wroclaw Medical University, Poland
Daniela Galli, University of Parma, Italy
Damjan Glavac, Uniersyty of Ljubljana, Slovenia
Wolfgang F. Graier, Medical University of Graz, Austria
Martin Jaburek, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic
Rui-Cheng Ji, Faculty of Medicine, Oita University, Japan
Bruno Moncharmont, Università degli Studi del Molise, Italy
Je Hoon Seo, Chungbuk National University College of Medicine, South Korea
Benjamin Weeks, Biology Department, Adelphi University, Garden City, United States Minor Outlying Islands
Nephrology
Joaquin Garcia-Estañ Lopez, University of Murcia, Spain
Luis Mendez, Florida International University College of Medicine, USA
Ligia Petrica, Victor Babes University of Medicine and Pharmacy Timisoara, County Emergency Hospital, Department of Nephrology, Timisoara, Romania
David Scott, Clinical Research Development Associates, LLC
Neurology
Panteleimon Giannakopoulos, University of Geneva School of Medicine, Switzerland
Hamidollah Hassanlouei, Marquette University, USA
Tibor Hortobágyi, University of Debrecen, Medical & Health Sciences Centre, Debrecen, Hungary
Lucia Urdzikova , Institute of Experimental Medicine in Prague, Czech Republic
Borut Peterlin , University Medical Center Ljubljana, Slovenia
Sébastien Talbot, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, USA
Oncology
Tanja Cufer, University Clinic Golnik, Medical Faculty Ljubljana, Slovenia
Elena S. Gershtein, Russian N.N.Blokhin Cancer Research Center RAMS in Moscow, Russia
Jeong Seon Ryu, Inha University hospital, Incheon, Korea
Alexander Julianov ,1st Department of Surgery Thracian University Hospital in Stara Zagora, Bulgaria
Vladimir Jurisic, University of Kragujevac Serbia
Jiang Qian,The Ohio State University, USA
Ophthalmology
Petr Soucek, Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic
Orthopedics
Johannes Beckmann, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery University of Regensburg, Germany
Pediatrics and neonatology
Ingeborg Barišić, Department of Paediatrics, Children's University Hospital Zagreb, Medical School University of Zagreb, Croatia
Pharmacology and toxicology
Tomasz Baczek, Department of Biopharmaceutics and Pharmacodynamics Medical University of Gdansk, Poland
Ita Mochi FUNG, Caritas Institute of Higher Education , Hong Kong
Damianka Getova, Medical University in Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Witold Musial, Department of Pharmaceutical Technology, Wroclaw Medical University, Poland
Vladimir Polshakov , Chemical-Pharmaceutical Research Institute in Moscow, Russia
Psychiatry and neuropsychiatry
Tess L. Briones, Wayne State University, USA
Nestor Kapusta, Department of Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy, Medical University of Vienna, Austria
Tomasz Sobow, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotic Disorders Medical University of Lodz, Poland
Public health, epidemiology and biostatistics
Renata Adamek, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poland
Amâncio António de Sousa Carvalho, University of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Italy
Pietro Cipresso, IRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano, Italy
Haruhisa Fukuda, Kyushu University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Japan
Raquel Leitão, College of Education, Viana do Castelo Polytechnic Institute, Portugal
Paweł Lewek, Medical University of Lodz, Poland
Przemyslaw Kardas, 1st Department of Family Medicine Medical University of Lodz, Poland
Enbo Ma, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Japan
Borislava Mihaylova, Department of Public Health University of Oxford, UK
Giancarlo Ripabelli, University of Molise, Campobasso, Italy
Harald Stummer, University for Health Sciences, Medical Informatics and Technology, Hall in the Tyrol, Austria
Yousuke Takemura, Mie University School of Medicine, Japan
Surgery and transplantology
Raimundas Lunevicius , 2nd Dpartment of Adominal Surgery Vilnius University Emergency Hospital, Lithuania
Nicola Tartaglia, University of Foggia, Italy
Thoracic and cardiovascular surgery
Gianluigi Bisleri, Division of Cardiac Surgery University of Brescia Medical School, Italy
Massimo Conese, University of Foggia, Foggia, Italy
Joaquin Garcia-Estañ Lopez, University of Murcia, Spain
Vascular surgery
Dragan J. Milic, Depertment of General and Vascular Surgery in Nis, Serbia
Urology
Dominic Prezioso, Department of Urology "Federico II' University in Naples, Italy
Vaclav Bunc, Faculty of P.E. and Sports Charles University, Czech Republic
Sang Hun Jang, Gimcheon university, South Korea
Wolfgang J Weninger, Medical University of Vienna, Austria
Associate Editors:
Aleksandra Nowak, Histology and Embryology Department, Wroclaw Medical University, Poland
David Manova, Department of Internal Medicine College of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
Senior Associate Editor
Remya RS, Research Assistant, University of Kerala, India
Editorial Advisory Board:
Peter J. Barnes, Imperial College School of Medicine, UK
Robert Bartlett, University of Michigan Medical Center, USA
Eugene Braunwald , Partners Health Care System, Inc., USA
Geoffrey Burnstock , Royal Free and University College Medical School, UK
Gautam Chaudhuri, University of California- Los Angeles, USA
Rod J. Flower, The William Harvey Research Institute, UK
Stephen T Holgate, Southampton General Hospital, UK
Morley D. Hollenberg, University of Calgary, Canada
Graham R. V. Hughes, The Rayne Institute, St. Thomas' Hospital, UK
Kamyar Kalantar-Zadeh , Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, USA
Ronald C. Kessler, Harvard Medical School, USA
Maria Kopp, Semmelweis University of Medicine, Hungary
Andrzej Krolewski, Harvard University, USA
Harlan Krumholz , Yale University, USA
Asim Kurjak, University of Zagreb Medical School, Croatia
Dan L. Longo, National Institutes of Health, USA
Thomas F. Luscher, University of Zurych, Switzerland
Tadeusz Malinski, Ohio University, USA
JoAnn E. Manson, Harvard University, USA
Charles Nemeroff, Emory University School of Medicine, USA
John L. Wallace, University of Calgary, Canada
J. Robin Warren , University of Western Australia, Australia
Witold Zatoński, Cancer Centre-Institute of Oncology, Poland
Language Editors:
Scott Palmer, University of Dundee, Scotland
Sally H. Ebeling, USA, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
Dominic Dabrowski, Stony Brook University, USA
Amy Lamb Heckel, USA
Yuk Gyn Lau, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS, Leeds, UK
Tijana Mitić, Bristol Heart Institute, University of Bristol, UK
Olubukunola Oseni-Olalemi, University of California at Davis, USA
Hafeez Olalemi, California State University, Fresno
Kathryn H Richards, National Health Service (NHS), Leeds Cancer Centre, St James University Hospital, Leeds UK
Saran Shantikumar, Bristol Heart Institute, UK
Mary N. Wessling, USA
Amanj Baker, University of Nottingham, UK
Anirban Banerjee, University of Nottingham, UK
Manik Mathur, University of Nottingham, UK
Muna Adan, University of Nottingham, UK
Technical Editor:
Dorota Banasik
Sabina Binek
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