Managing Editor:
Magdalena Wierzchowiecka, De Gruyter
Associate – Editor:
Dr. Demetrios A. Arvanitis, Academy of Athens, Greece
Co – Editor:
Dr. Jabůrek Martin, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic
Guest Editors:
Chi-Chang Chang, Chung-Shan Medical University, Taiwan
Tetsuya Sakurai, University of Tsukuba, Japan
Ira Skvortsova, University of Innsbruck, Austria
Kehan Ren, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Editors:
Anesthesiology and intensive care
Alessandro Vittori, Bambino Gesù Pediatric Hospital IRCCS, Italy
Franz J. Wiedermann, Medical University of Innsbruck, Austria
Cardiology
Yuxin Li, Nihon University School of Medicine, Japan
Yau Sui Yu, Open University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Michael Henein, Umeå University, Sweden
Demetrios A. Arvanitis, Academy of Athens, Greece
Andrea Salzano, University of Leicester, England; Federico II University, Italy
Clinical microbiology and infections diseases
Roberto Di Marco, University of Molise, Italy
Caterina Sagnelli, University of Campania, Italy
Manuela Tamburro, University of Molise, Italy
Qinqin Pu, University of North Dakota, USA
Dental medicine
Lorenzo Lo Muzio, University of Foggia, Italy
Gaetano Isola, University of Catania, Italy
Endocrinology
Gian Luigi Canu, University of Cagliari, Italy
Forensic medicine
Piergiorgio Fedeli, School of Law – UNICAM, Italy
Valentina Opancina, University of Kragujevac; University Clinical Center Kragujevac, Serbia
Gastroenterology
Zsolt Barta, Kenézy University Hospital, University of Debrecen, Hungary
Gopal Krishna Dhali, School of Digestive & Liver Disease; Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education & Research, India
Manlio Vinciguerra, International Clinical Research Center, Czech Republic
Gynecology and Obstetrics
Tomas Fait, Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic
Simone Garzon, University of Verona, Italy
Jinhui Liu, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, China
Gaetano Riemma, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", Italy
Paweł Sadłecki, Provincial Hospital in Toruń, Poland
Antonio Simone Laganà, University of Palermo, Italy
Felice Sorrentino, University of Foggia, Italy
Immunology and allergology
Nobuyasu Baba, Kochi University Medical School, Japan
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
Qianxia Zhang, Harvard Medical School Boston Children’s Hospital, USA
Internal medicine
Emrah Caylak, Karatekin University in Cankiri, Turkey
Sebastiano Cicco, University of Bari, Italy
Vladimir Jurisic, University of Kragujevac, Serbia
Bertha Furlan Polegato, São Paulo State University, Brasil
Oluwafemi G. Oluwole, University of Cape Town, South Africa, University of Oxford, UK
Caterina Sagnelli, University of Campania, Italy
Andrea Salzano, University of Leicester, England; Federico II University, Italy
Braghadheeswar Thyagarajan, Kadlec Regional Medical Center, WA, USA
Manlio Vinciguerra, International Clinical Research Center, Czech Republic
Otolaryngology
Lorenzo Lo Muzio, University of Foggia, Italy
Yohanna Takwoingi, Department of Otolaryngology in Birmingham, UK
Medical genetics
Xiao-Long Cui, University of Chicago, USA
Damjan Glavac, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
Michela Grosso, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy
Giulia Frisso, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Naples, Italy
Marta Olszewska, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland
Oluwafemi G. Oluwole, University of Cape Town, South Africa, University of Oxford, UK
Xiaolei Wang, Baylor College of Medicine, USA
Songbo Wei, University of California, USA
Molecular and experimental medicine
Demetrios A. Arvanitis, Academy of Athens, Greece
Emrah Caylak, Karatekin University in Cankiri, Turkey
Sergio Davinelli, University of Molise, Italy
Daniela Galli, University of Parma, Italy
Damjan Glavac, Uniersyty of Ljubljana, Slovenia
Lei Huang, University of Massachusetts Medical School, USA
Martin Jaburek, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic
Karolina Jabłońska, Histology and Embriology Department, Wroclaw Medical University, Poland
Magdalena Kurnik-Łucka, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Poland
Yingxiang Li, University Of Michigan Biological Sciences Building, USA
Honghe Liu, Johns Hopkins University, USA
Sanxiong Liu, New York University School of Medicine, USA
Yinzhong Lu, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine (SJTU-SM), China
Miloš Milosavljević, University of Kragujevac, Serbia
Marta Olszewska, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland
Jan Pilch, Saarland University Medical Center, Germany
Xingping Qin, John B. Little Center for Radiation Sciences, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, USA
Kehan Ren, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Manlio Vinciguerra, International Clinical Research Center, Czech Republic
Xiaolei Wang, Baylor College of Medicine, USA
Xingping Qin, John B. Little Center for Radiation Sciences/Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, USA
Rong Wang, AtilaBioSystems, Inc, USA
Lunda Shen, Arcus Biosciences, Hayward, California, USA
Bo Li, Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Chin
Nephrology
Ligia Petrica, Victor Babes University of Medicine and Pharmacy Timisoara, County Emergency Hospital, Department of Nephrology, Timisoara, Romania
Neurology
Demetrios A. Arvanitis, Academy of Athens, Greece
Hrvoje Budincevic, Sveti Duh University Hospital, Croatia
Yimin Chen, Foshan Sanshui District People’s Hospital in China, China
Panteleimon Giannakopoulos, University of Geneva School of Medicine, Switzerland
Mehmet Güney, Health Sciences University, Turkey
Tibor Hortobágyi, University of Szeged, Hungary; IOPPN, King's College London, UK
Yong Hu, New York University, USA
Lei Huang, University of Massachusetts Medical School, USA
Sang Hun Jang, Korea National University of Transportation, South Korea
Lee Jung-Ho, Kyungdong University, South Korea
Ling Li, University of North Dakota, USA
Xuxing Liao, First People's Hospital of Foshan; Foshan Sanshui District People’s Hospital in China, China
Honghe Liu, Johns Hopkins University, USA
Yinzhong Lu, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine (SJTU-SM), China
Xingping Qin, John B. Little Center for Radiation Sciences, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, USA
Shuiquan Yang, Foshan Sanshui District People’s Hospital, China
Xingping Qin, John B. Little Center for Radiation Sciences/Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, USA
Neurosurgery
Benjamin Völlger, University Marburg, Germany
Oncology
Elena S. Gershtein, Russian N.N.Blokhin Cancer Research Center RAMS in Moscow, Russia
Zoltán Herold, Semmelweis University, Hungary
Lei Huang, University of Massachusetts Medical School, USA
Peiwei Huang, University of California, USA
Vladimir Jurisic, University of Kragujevac, Serbia
Mirosław Kiedrowski, Central Clinical Hospital of the MSWiA in Warsaw, Poland
Ling Li, University of North Dakota, USA
Qian Liu, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
Miloš Milosavljević, University of Kragujevac, Serbia
Pier Andrea Nicolosi, University of Milano-Bicocca , Italy
Kehan Ren, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Ira Skvortsova, University of Innsbruck, Austria
Xiaojun Sun, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, USA
Haineng Xu, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, USA
Orthopedics
Clemens Baier, Hospital Mallersdorf, University Hospital of Regensburg, Asklepios Klinik Lindenlohe, Germany
Tianlong Huang, The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, China
Bo Li, Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, China
Przemyslaw Paradowski, Umeå University, Lund University, Sweden; Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Poland
Nikola Prodanovic, University of Kragujevac, Serbia
Pietro Ruggieri, University of Padova, Italy
Chenghai Zhang, Harvard Medical School/Harvard School of Dental Medicine, USA
Pediatrics and neonatology
Marco Torella, University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Italy
Kazumichi Fujioka, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan
Stefano Nobile, Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli, Italy
Alessandro Vittori, Bambino Gesù Pediatric Hospital IRCCS, Italy
Pharmacology and toxicology
Tomasz Baczek, Department of Biopharmaceutics and Pharmacodynamics Medical University of Gdansk, Poland
Damianka Getova, Medical University in Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Anna Roszkowska, Medical University of Gdańsk, Poland
Ye Guan, AstraZeneca, USA
Psychiatry and neuropsychiatry
Nestor Kapusta, Department of Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy, Medical University of Vienna, Austria
Marco Carotenuto, University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Naples, Italy
Public health, epidemiology and biostatistics
Amâncio António de Sousa Carvalho, Department of the School of Health of the University of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Portugal; Research Centre on Child Studies, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal
Pietro Cipresso, IRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano, Italy
Haruhisa Fukuda, Kyushu University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Japan
Enbo Ma, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Japan
Giancarlo Ripabelli, University of Molise, Italy
Manuela Tamburro, University of Molise, Campobasso, Italy
Pulmonology
Stefano Nobile, Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli, Italy
Rheumatology
Oreste Gualillo, SERGAS, Santiago University Clinical Hospital and IDIS, Spain
Surgery and transplantology
Armando Calogero, University of Naples Federico II, Italy
Gian Luigi Canu, University of Cagliari, Italy
Gianluca Costa, Campus Bio-Medico University Hospital, Rome, Italy
Piero Covarelli, University of perugia, Italy
Domenico Galetta, European Institute of Oncology, Italy
Nicola Tartaglia, University of Foggia, Italy
Francesco Petrella, University of Milan, Italy
Tomas Poškus, Vilnius University Hospital "Santaros Klinikos", Lithuania
Roberto Cirocchi, University of Perugia, Italy
Gennaro Martines, Bari University Hospital, Italy
Aldo Rocca, University of Molise, Italy
Fausto Rosa, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS of Rome, Italy
Thoracic and cardiovascular surgery
Antonio Salsano, University of Genoa, Italy
Massimo Conese, University of Foggia, Foggia, Italy
Kanhua Yin, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, USA
Bruno Amato, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy
Kehan Ren, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Urology
Vaclav Bunc, Faculty of P.E. and Sports Charles University, Czech Republic
Giovanni Cochetti, University of Perugia, Italy
Alessio Paladini, University of Perugia, Italy
Wolfgang J Weninger, Medical University of Vienna, Austria
Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology
Valentina Opancina, University of Kragujevac; University Clinical Center Kragujevac, Serbia
Informatics in Medicine
Noradin Ghadimi, Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt University,Turkey
Editorial Advisory Board:
Peter J. Barnes, Imperial College School of Medicine, UK
Giuseppe Biondi-Zoccai, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
Morley D. Hollenberg, University of Calgary, Canada
Amedeo Lonardo, University of Modena, Italy
Kamyar Kalantar-Zadeh, University of California, USA
Tadeusz Malinski, Ohio University, USA
Charles Nemeroff, University of Texas Austin, USA
Jonas Ranstam, Lund University, Sweden
Giuseppe Tonini, University Campus Bio-Medico, Italy
Witold Zatoński, Calisia University, Kalisz, Poland
Language Editors:
Sally H. Ebeling, USA, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
Yuk Gyn Lau, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS, Leeds, UK
Olubukunola Oseni-Olalemi, University of California at Davis, USA
Hafeez Olalemi, California State University, Fresno, USA
Kathryn H Richards, National Health Service (NHS), Leeds Cancer Centre, St James University Hospital, Leeds UK
Mary N. Wessling, USA
Magdalena Ślusarczyk, Cardiff University, UK
Bosun Olubeko, California State University Fresno, USA
Francis Akenami, USA
Editorial Assistants:
Małgorzata Szostakowska-Rodzoś, Maria Skłodowska-Curie National Institute of Oncology, Poland
Srividya Velagapudi, University of Zurich, Switzerland
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