Tatehiro Kagawa, MD, PhD, Professor, Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Tokai University School of Medicine, Isehara 259-1193, Japan

Serkan Kahyaoglu, MD, Surgeon, Department of Reproductive Endocrinology, Zekai Tahir Burak Women's Health Education and Research Hospital, Ankara 06100, Turkey

Roman Maciej Kalina, PhD, Full Professor, Department of Combat Sports, Gdansk University of Physical Education and Sport, Gdansk 80-336, Poland

Kazuhiro Kasai, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor, Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Iwate Medical University, Morioka 0208505, Japan

Martin A Katzman, BSc, FRCP(C), MD, Director, Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M4W 2N4, Canada

Hitoshi Kawamata, DDS, PhD, Professor, Department of Oral and Maxilofacial Surgery and Oncology, Dokkyo Medical University School of Medicine, Shimotsuga 321-0293, Tochigi, Japan

Ilmo H Kellokumpu, PhD, Doctor, Senior Lecturer, Department of Gastro-intestinal Surgery, Department of Surgery Central Hospital of Central Finland, Jyvaskyla 40620, Finland

Mohammad Sultan Khuroo, FACP, FRCP (Hon), MD, Emeritus Professor, Digestive Diseases Center, Dr. Khuroo Medical Clinic, Srinagar 190010, Jammu & Kashmir, India

Young-Jin Kim, MD, PhD, Doctor, Professor, Department of Surgery, Division of Colorectal Surgery, Chonnam National University Medical School, Chonnam National University Hwasun Hospital, Hwasun 519-763, South Korea

Kazushi Kishi, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Doctor, Department of Radiology, Wakayama Medical University , Wakayama 641-8510, Japan

Masahiro Kohzuki, MD, PhD, Professor, Department of Internal Medicine and Rehabilitation Science, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai 980-8574, Japan

Michael Koutsilieris, MD, Professor, Experimental Physiology, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens 11527, Greece

Marijeta Kralj, PhD, Senior Scientist, Head of Laboratory of Experimental Therapy, Division of Molecular Medicine, Rudjer Boskovic Institute, Zagreb 10000, Croatia

Rungroj Krittayaphong, FACC, FACP, MD, Professor, Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine , Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok 10700, Thailand

Guido Kroemer, MD, PhD, Professor, Pavillon de Recherche 1, Institution of Gustave Roussy, Inserm U848, Villejuif 94805, France

Joey S.W. Kwong, PhD, Senior Researcher, School of Public Health and Primary Care, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin Hong Kong, N.T., China

Vincent Lai, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Diagnostic Radiology, The University of Hong Kong, Room 406, Block K, Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong N/A, China

Chien-Han Lai, DVM, Attending Doctor, Department of Psychiatry, Cheng Hsin General Hospital, Taipei 112, Taiwan

Ping-Shan Lai, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung 402, Taiwan

Alejandro Lazo-Langner, MD, MSc, Associate Professor, Departments of Medicine, Oncology, and Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Western Ontario, Hematology Division, London Health Sciences Centre, London N6A 5W9, ON, Canada

Kwan-Sik Lee, MD, PhD, Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, Lee, KS (reprint author), Yonsei Univ, Coll Med, Dept Internal Med, Gangnam Severance Hosp, 146-92 Dogok Dong, Seoul 135720, South Korea., Seoul 135-720, South Korea

Yeong Yeh Lee, FACP, FRCP (C), MD, PhD, Doctor, Professor, Department of Medicine, Lee, YY (reprint author), Hosp Univ Sains Malaysia, Dept Med, 7th Floor, Kubang Kerian 16150, Kota Bahru, Malaysia., Kota Bahru 16150, Kelantan, Malaysia

Florian Lesage, PhD, Senior Scientist, Molecular Physiology and Physiopathology of Ion Channels, Institut de Pharmacologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Université de Nice, Valbonne 200031, France

Ji-Liang Li, MD, PhD, Professor, Chair of Cancer Immunology, Plymouth University Peninsula Schools of Medicine and Dentistry, Plymouth PL6 8BU, United Kingdom

Qingdi Q Li, MA, MD, MSc, PhD, Research Scientist, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, United States

FS S Lira, PhD, Associate Professor, Professor, Department of Physical Education, School of Science and Technology, Universidade Estadual Paulista – Presidente Prudente, Sao Paulo 04020-050, Brazil

Yiyan Liu, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Radiology, New Jersey Medical School, Rutgers University, Newark, NJ 07101, United States

Guozheng Liu, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Radiology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA 01655, United States

David Lobo, MD, Associate Professor, Head, Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Hospital El Escorial, University Francisco de Vitoria, Santander 39012, Cantabria, Spain

Giancarlo Lucchetti, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, School of Medicine, Federal University of Juiz de Fora, Juiz de Fora 36030-776, Brazil

Jing-Yun Ma, BSc, MA, PhD, Emeritus Professor, Professor, Former Director for Grants Management and International Cooperation, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100730, China

Mohamed Mabruk, PhD, Professor, Allied Health Sciences Department, Sultan Qaboos University, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Muscat 123, Brunei Darussalam

Michael HJ Maes, PhD, Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Deakin University, Geelong 3220, Australia

Santino Marchi, MD, Associate Professor, Gastroenterology Unit, Department of Translational Research and New Tecnology in Medicine, University of Pisa, Pisa 56124, Italy

Ivana Maric, PhD, Professor, Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, University of Rijeka, Rijeka 51000, Croatia

Charu Marya, PhD, Full Professor, Department of Public Health Dentistry, Sudha Rustagi College of Dental Sciences and Research, Faridabad 121007, Haryana, India

Ling-Jie Meng, PhD, Professor, The Department of Chemistry, School of Science, Xi'an Jiao Tong University, Xi'an 710049, Shaanxi Province, China

Grover P Miller, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR 72205, United States

Vincenzo G Mirone, MD, Professor, Department of Urology, University of Naples "Federico II", Naples 80131, Italy

Simone Mocellin, MD, Associate Professor, Department of Surgery Oncology and Gastroenterology, University of Padova, Padua 35128, Italy

Ludmilla Morozova-Roche, PhD, Professor, Department of Medical Biophysics and Biochemistry, Umea University, Umea, SE 90781, Sweden

Pavlos Msaouel, MD, PhD, Doctor, Department of Internal Medicine, Jacobi Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, NY 10461, United States

Marcus O Muench, PhD, Associate Professor, Senior Scientist, Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of California San Francisco, Blood Systems Research Institute, San Francisco, CA 94118, United States

Sombat Muengtaweepongsa, MD, MRCP, MSc, Associate Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Thammasat University, Pathum Thani 12120, Thailand

Giuseppe Murdaca, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Genova, Genova 16132, Italy

Koichi Nagata, MD, PhD, Chief Doctor, Center for Public Health Sciences, National Cancer Center, Chuo-ku 104-0045, Tokyo, Japan

Atsushi Nanashima, MD, Associate Professor, Chief Doctor, Doctor, Lecturer, Department of Surgical Oncology, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, Nagasaki 8528501, Japan

Hassib Narchi, FRCP (Hon), MD, MRCP, MSc, Professor, Department of Paediatric, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain 17666, United Arab Emirates

Najmunnisa Nasreen, BSc, MSc, PhD, Assistant Professor, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610, United States

Vincenzo Neri, MD, Full Professor, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Foggia, Foggia 1 - 71121, Italy