Lian-Sheng Ma, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Baishideng Publishing Group Inc, 7901 Stoneridge Drive, Suite 501, Pleasanton, CA 94588, USA. l.s.ma@wjgnet.com

Diao-Mei Guo, Chief Financial Officer, Baishideng Publishing Group Inc, 7901 Stoneridge Drive, Suite 501, Pleasanton, CA 94588, USA

Li Ma, PhD, Vice Editor-in-Chief, Baishideng Publishing Group Inc, 7901 Stoneridge Drive, Suite 501, Pleasanton, CA 94588, USA

Jin-Lei Wang, MSc, Vice General Manager, Baishideng Publishing Group Inc, 7901 Stoneridge Drive, Suite 501, Pleasanton, CA 94588, USA. j.l.wang@wjgnet.com

Ze-Mao Gong, MSc, Director, The Second Editorial Office, World Journal of Gastroenterology, Baishideng Publishing Group Inc, 7901 Stoneridge Drive, Suite 501, Pleasanton, CA 94588, USA

Ya-Juan Ma, MSc, Director, The First Editorial Office, Shijie Huaren Xiaohua Zazhi(世界华人消化杂志), Baishideng Publishing Group Inc, 7901 Stoneridge Drive, Suite 501, Pleasanton, CA 94588, USA

Na Ma, MSc, Representative, Science Editor, Baishideng Publishing Group Inc, 7901 Stoneridge Drive, Suite 501, Pleasanton, CA 94588, USA

Li-Jun Cui, MSc, Science Editor, Editorial Office, Beijing Baishideng BioMed Scientific Co., Limited, Room 903, Building D, Ocean International Center, No. 62 Dongsihuan Zhonglu, Chaoyang District, Beijing 100025, China 

Fang-Fang Ji, MSc, Science Editor, Editorial Office, Beijing Baishideng BioMed Scientific Co., Limited, Room 903, Building D, Ocean International Center, No. 62 Dongsihuan Zhonglu, Chaoyang District, Beijing 100025, China 

Xue-Jiao Wang, MSc, Science Editor, Editorial Office, Beijing Baishideng BioMed Scientific Co., Limited, Room 903, Building D, Ocean International Center, No. 62 Dongsihuan Zhonglu, Chaoyang District, Beijing 100025, China

Xiang Li, Assistant Editor, Editorial Office, Baishideng Publishing Group Inc, 7901 Stoneridge Drive, Suite 501, Pleasanton, CA 94588, USA

Yan Huang, Electronic Editor, Editorial Office, Beijing Baishideng BioMed Scientific Co., Limited, Room 903, Building D, Ocean International Center, No. 62 Dongsihuan Zhonglu, Chaoyang District, Beijing 100025, China

Wen-Wen Tan, Electronic Editor, Editorial Office, Beijing Baishideng BioMed Scientific Co., Limited, Room 903, Building D, Ocean International Center, No. 62 Dongsihuan Zhonglu, Chaoyang District, Beijing 100025, China 

Shu-Yu Yin, Electronic Editor, Editorial Office, Beijing Baishideng BioMed Scientific Co., Limited, Room 903, Building D, Ocean International Center, No. 62 Dongsihuan Zhonglu, Chaoyang District, Beijing 100025, China

Yan-Liang Zhang, Electronic Editor, Editorial Office, Beijing Baishideng BioMed Scientific Co., Limited, Room 903, Building D, Ocean International Center, No. 62 Dongsihuan Zhonglu, Chaoyang District, Beijing 100025, China 

Jing-Yun Ma, Language Editor, Professor, Former Director for Grants Management and International Cooperation, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, No. 9 Dong Dan San Tiao, Beijing 100730, China