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Acknowledgements to Reviewers

The Editorial Board of the Acta Pharmacologica Sinica wishes to thank the following scientists for their unique contribution to this journal in reviewing the papers from October 2011 to February 2012 (including papers published and rejected).

ABBATE, Antonio (Richmond) CHEN, Guangchun (Rochester) DHINGRA, Dinesh (Hisar) ANGELE, Peter (Regensburg) CHEN, Guo-qiang () DIAO, Shi-yong (MEMPHIS) ANGELONE, Tommaso CHEN, Hong (Shanghai) DINI, Luciana (Lecce) (Arcavacata di Rende) CHEN, Hsing I (Hualien ) DONG, Fu-xing () ARMISÉN, R (Santiago) CHEN, Hua-li () DONG, Ming-qing (Xi-an) ATTERITANO, M (Messina) CHEN, Jian-guo () DONG, Qing-hua () AVIELLO, Gabriella (Naples) CHEN, -shu () DONG, Yong-ming (Seattle) BA, Xue-qing (Changchun) CHEN, Jing (Shanghai) DOU, -fang () BACZEK, Tomasz (Gdansk) CHEN, Li (Changchun) DU, Jun-bao (Beijing) BAI, Chun-xue (Shanghai) CHEN, Lin (Hefei) DUARTE, B Carlos (Coimbra) BAO, Yong-ping (Norwich) CHEN, Long-jian (Beijing) EFFERTH, Thomas (Heidelberg) BARANČIK, Miroslav (Bratislava) CHEN, Mien-cheng (Kaohsiung) EL-SAYED, Wael M (Abbassia) BARTZATT, Rbartzatt (Omaha) CHEN, Ming-nan (Durham) ESTEBAN, Esther (Barcelona) BAVEC, Aljoša (Ljubljana) CHEN, Min- (Guangzhou) FAN, Chun-ling (Baltimore) BAY, Boon Huat (Singapore) CHEN, Shu-qing (Hangzhou) FAN, Ruo-peng (Somerset) BEHR, Antonio Guilherme (Porto Alegre) CHEN, Si-feng (Shanghai) FAN, Sai-jun () BELLOSTA, S (Milan) CHEN, Wu- (Portland) FANG, Jing (Shanghai) BENAGIANO, V (Bari) CHEN, -yan (Shanghai) FANG, Kang () BHUIYAN, Md Shenuarin (Cincinnati) CHEN, Xi-jing () FANG, Ping-fei () BIAN, Zhao-xiang () CHEN, Xiu-xu (Brookfield) FANG, Xie-fan (New Haven) BIANCIOTTI, Liliana G (Buenos Aires) CHEN, Yan-min (Bethesda) FEI, Jia (Guangzhou) BLAHETA, Roman A (Frankfurt am Main) CHEN, -gao () FENG, Li (Chengdu) BLOCH, Wilhelm (Cologne) CHEN, Yuan-zhong () FEO, Francesco (Sassari) BONDAREVA, IB () CHEN, Yuh-Lien (Taipei) FIORIO PLA, Alessandra (Torino) BOOZ, W George (Jackson) CHEN, Ze-neng (Changsha) FLORES-MURRIETA, Francisco Javier BOYKIN, David W (Atlanta) CHEN, Zhe-sheng (Jamaica) (Mexico) BRUNNER, R Hans (Basel) CHEN, Zhe-yu (Jinan) FLORIO, Tullio (Genova) BUHLMAN, Marie Lori (Paris) CHEN, Zhi-yong (Silver Spring) FRICKER, Gert (Heidelberg) CABALLERO, R (Madrid) CHENG, Jie (Bethesda) FU, Li-wu (Guangzhou) CAI, -min (Shanghai) CHENG, Qun (Shanghai) GADDI, AV (Bolognma) CÂMARA, Nos (Sao paulo) CHENG, Tzu-hurng (Taichung) GANG, (Chengdu) CAO, Jun-li (Xuzhou) CHENG, Xi-ang (Wuhan) GAO, Jin-min (Boston) CAO, Ya (Changsha) CHENG, Yan (Hershey) GAO, Ping-jin (Shanghai) CAO, -jia () CHENG, Zhong-jian (Philadelphia) GAO, Xiao-hua (Research Triangle Park) CASO, Javier (Madrid) CHEUNG, Po-yin (Edmonton) GAO, Zhao-bing (Shanghai) CASTANAS, Elias (Heraklion) CHO, Chi-hin (Hong Kong) GARRIGA, Pere (Terrassa) CASTELLO, Enrique A (Santiago) CHOI, Inhee (Seoul) GE, Peng-fei (Changchun) CERMAK, Rainer (Leipzig) CHU, Hong-yuan (Bethesda) GENG, Mei-yu (Shanghai) CERVELLO, M (Palermo) CHUNG, Jing-gung (Taichung) GENG, Yun- (Tianjin) CERVERA-FERRI, Ana (Valencia) CIMINI, Anna Maria (L’Aquila) GORDELADZE, Oxholm Jan (Oslo) CHAN, Franky L (Shatin, Hong Kong) CORADINI, Danila (Milan) GORRELL, Mark (Newtown) CHAN, Julie YH (Kaohsiung) COUVINEAU, Alain (Paris) GOUDA, MA (Mansoura) CHANG, Long-sen (Kaohsiung) CUI, Liao (Zhanjiang) GROMMES, Christian (New York) CHANG, Tai-tsung (Kaohsiung) CUI, Ranji (Pullman) , Yong-chuan (Auckland) CHANG, Yu-chao (Taichung) CUNNINGHAM, C Casey (Whitehouse) GUAN, Han-jun (Lexington) CHANG, Zhi-jie (Beijing) DA, Liang (Shanghai) GUH, Jih-hwa (Taipei) CHAO, Jane CJ (Taipei) DAI, Ai-guo (Changsha) GUO, De-an (Shanghai) CHEN, Chieh-fu (Taipei) DAI, De-zai (Nanjing) GUO, Qing-long (Nanjing) CHEN, Ching-chu (Taichung) DAI, Yue (Nanjing) GUO, Xiao-ning (Shanghai) CHEN, Chiung-tong (Zhunan) DAY, Regina M (Bethesda) HAN, Chong-yang (West Haven) CHEN, Chung-ming (Taipei) DE LACRUZ, JP (Málaga) HAN, Hai-xiong (Shanghai) CHEN, Delphine L (St Louis) DE OLIVEIRA, Birnfeld Ramatis (Newcastle) HAN, Li-min (Beijing) npg www.nature.com/aps Acknowledgements to Reviewers ii

HAN, Shu-jie (Rochester) LEE, Myung G (Seoul) MA, Tong-hui (Changchun) HAUSCH, Felix (Munich) LEE, Seong-ryong (Taegu) MAIS, Dale E (Mattawan) HE, Lang-chong (Xi’an) LEE, Yong-bok (Gwangju) MAO-HSIUNG, Yen (Taipei) HE, Qun (Changsha) LENG, Ying (Shanghai) MATSUMOTO, S (Tokyo) HE, Shao-heng () LEUNG, KW (Hershey) MENG, Ling-hua (Shanghai) HE, Xiang-huo (Shanghai) LI, Chuan (Shanghai) MIAO, Ze-hong (Shanghai) HOCHT, Christian (Buenos Aires) LI, Duan (Shanghai) MIRKHANI, Hossein (Shiraz) HONG, Hao (Nanjing) LI, GANG (Wuhan) MITRA, Ashim K (Kansas City) HOU, Bo (Boston) LI, Gui-deng (Irvine) MOCHIZUKI, Hideki (Tokyo) HOU, Jian (Shanghai) LI, Jian-jun (Beijing) MORI, Naoki (Nishihara) HSU, Shihlan (Taichung) LI, Xiao-hui () MOSCA, M Susana (La Plata) HSU, -hsiang (Boston) LI, Xiao-jiang (Atlanta) MULLANGI , Ramesh (Bangalore) HSU, Yuan-man (Taiching) LI, Xuan-wen (Philadelphia) NACAK, Muradiye (Gaziantep) HU, Chang-ping (Changsha) LI, Xue-jun (Beijing) NANA-SINKAM, SP (Columbus) HU, Gang (Beijing) LI, Ya-ping (Shanghai) NIU, Wen-quan (Shanghai) HU, Guo-yuan (Shanghai) LI, Yuan-jian (Changsha) OPERE, Catherine A (Omaha) HU, Ke-li (Columbus) LI, Yun-qing (Xi’an) OUADID-AHIDOUCH, H (Amiens) HU, (New York) LIANG, Chang-seng (Rochester) PANG, Bao-sen (Beijing) HU, Qing-hua (Wuhan) LIANG, Feng (Chengdu) PARK, Seung-chun () HU, SN (Beijing) LIANG, Jian-ying (Shanghai) PASUMARTHI, Kishore BS (Halifax) HU, Zhuo-wei (Beijing) LIAO, Kan (Shanghai) PEI, Bo (La Jolla) , -cun (Columbus) LIN, Guang-yun (Madison) PEREZ-BALDERAS, Francisco (Oxford) HUANG, Jin- (Tainan) LIN, Wan-wan (Taipei) POLOVKA, Martin (Bratislava) HUANG, Wei-pang (Taipei) LIN, Weng (Shanghai) QI, Jian-fei (La Jolla) HUANG, Xu-pei (Boca Raton) LIN, Xi (Guangzhou) QI, Yue (Beijing) HUANG, Yong (Baltimore) , Bao-rui (Nanjing) QIAN, Wen-bin (Hangzhou) HUANG, Yu (Hong Kong) LIU, Cheng-tzu (Taichung) QIBING, Mei (Xi’an) HUNG, Li-man (Tao-Yuan) LIU, Fu-dong (Farmington) QIN, Taichun Qin (Houston) HUSSAIN, Ajaz Muhammad (Sargodha) LIU, Gui-xia (Shanghai) QIN, Yue-juan (San Antonio) HUTTER, C Michael (Saarbruecken) LIU, Hong-li (Wuhan) QIN, -hong (Suzhou) HWANG, Jae-woong (Rochester) LIU, Hui-rong (Beijing) QIU, Chang-chun (Beijing) ILETT, KF (Crawley) LIU, Jian-feng (Wuhan) QU, Ai-juan (Bethesda) IM, Dong-soon (Busan) LIU, Jian-ping (NanJing) REN, Jun (Laramie) ITO, Masahiro (Niigata-city) LIU, Jie (Guangzhou) REN, Lei-ming (Shijiazhuang) JANKOVIC, Slobodan (Kragujevac) LIU, Jing-gen (Shanghai) REN, Xiao-hui (Shanghai) JASTRZEBSKA, Beata (Cleveland) LIU, Lian (Jinan) RIBUOT, Christophe (Grenoble) JENG, Kee-Ching G (Taichung) LIU, Liang-ming (Chongqing) RODRIGUES, Alice Cristina (SP) JESCHKE, G Marc (Galveston) LIU, Nai-feng (Nanjing) RONG, Zhou (Chongqing) JI, Yong (Nanjing) LIU, Ping (Groton) RUDKIN, Brian B (Lyon) JIA, Min (Bethesda) LIU, Pu (Seattle) RUI, Yan-fang (Atlanta) JIA, Wei-ping (Shanghai) LIU, Qiang (Phoenix) SAMARSKA, Iryna V (Groningen) JIA, William (Vancouver) LIU, Rui-ting (Beijing) SANTHANAM, Raghavan Anantha Vijay JIANG, Bao-hong (Shanghai) LIU, Wei-jun (Pittsburgh) (Rochester) JIANG, De-chun (Beijing) LIU, Xiao-dong (Nanjing) SATO, MA (Sao Paulo) JIN, Hong-jun (Richland) LIU, Yan-xia (Gainesville) SCHOEFFER, Christian (Vienna) JIN, Yan (Xi’an) LIU, Yin-kun (Shanghai) SCRIBA, GKE (Jena) JO, Su-hyun (Chuncheon) LIU, Yi-tong (College Park) SEUBERT, JM (Edmonton) JOSHI, Maya Datt (Boston) LIU, Yuan (Argonne) SHABBIR, Muhammad (Toyonaka) KANG, Bor-hwang (Taipei) LIU, Zhao-qian (Changsha) SHANG, You (Wuhan) KANG, Jian (Valhalla) LIU, Zhen-guo (Columbus) SHE, Miao-rong (Guangzhou) KESSON, Margaret Alison (Westmead) LOU, Yin-jun (Hangzhou) SHEN, Chia-ning (Taipei) KOCIC, Ivan (Gdansk) LU, Li-min (Shanghai) SHEN, Wei-feng (Shanghai) KOLIAKOS, George (Thessaloniki) LU, Wei-yang () SHEN, Xi-zhong (Shanghai) KOYAMA, Nobuyuki (Hidaka-shi) LU, Xian-ping () SHEN, Xu (Shanghai) KUAN, Yu-hsiang (Taichung) LUO, Xiao-xing (Xi’an) SHI, Xiang-guo (Cambridge) KWAN, Chiu-yin (Taichung) LUO, Zhen-ge (Shanihai) SHI, Ying-qiang (Shanghai) KWON, Kwang-Il (Daejeon) LUSZCZKI, J Jarogniew (Lublin) SHI, Yong-quan (Shanghai) KWONG, Yok-lam (Hong Kong) MA, Jin-ming (Grand Rapids) SHU, Yan (Baltimore) LACINOVA, Lubica (Bratislava) MA, Kun Ling (Nanjing) SIL, Parames C (Calcutta) LASH, Harold Lawrence (Detroit) MA, Qing (Buffalo) SLANINOVA, I (Brno) LAVI, Ronit (Ramat-Gan) MA, Qing (Rochester) SON, Moon-ho (Yongin-si)

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STEVENS, Raymond C (La Jolla) WANG , Feng-fei (Fargo) ZHANG, FK (Beijing) STIEBER, Juliane (Erlangen) WEI, Dong-qing (Shanghai) ZHANG, Ge (Hong Kong) SU, Rui-bin (BeiJing) WEI, Er-qing (Hangzhou) ZHANG, Hai-yan (Shanghai) SUN, Hong-shuo (Toronto) WEI, Wei (Hefei) ZHANG, Hong-yong (Sacramento) SUN, Shu-juan (Jinan) WU, Chieh-hsi (Taichung) ZHANG, Hui-yong (Shanghai) SUN, Xun (Chengdu) WU, Hong (Xi’an) ZHANG, Jian-dong (Durham) SUZUKI, Kazuhiro (Maebashi) WU, Qing-yu (Cleveland) ZHANG, Kun-zhong (Fuzhou) TABATA, Yasuhiko (Kyoto) WU, Xing-zhong (Shanghai) ZHANG, Lei (Hangzhou) TAMAI, Ikumi (Kanazawa) WU, Xiu-shan (Changsha) ZHANG, Li-rong () TAN, Hong-mei (Guangzhou) WU, Ying-li (shanghai) ZHANG, Ming-cai (Kansas City) TANG, Chao-shu (Bei Jing) WU, Yong-fei (Chicago) ZHANG, Qi-qing (Tianjin) TANG, Chih-hsin (Taichung) WU, Yu-ming (shijiahzuang) ZHANG, Sheng-jun (Zhengzhou) TANG, Min-ke (Pittsburgh) XI, Lei (Richmond) ZHANG, Wei-dong (Shanghai) TANG, Yun (Shanghai) XIA, Wei-bo (Beijing) ZHANG, Xiao-ling (Shanghai) TANG, Zhong-ming (Beijing) XIAO, Rui-ping (Beijing) ZHANG, Xiu-li (Columbia) TAO, Lu-yang (Suzhou) XIAO, Zhi-jian (Tianjin) ZHANG, Ya-dong (Columbia) TAPIA-PÉREZ, Jorge Humberto (Magdeburg) XIE, Hong-guang (Nashville) ZHANG, Yong-wei (Washington DC) TASATARGIL, A (Antalya) XIE, Jia (Farmington) ZHANG, You-yi (Beijing) THREADGILL, David Michael (Bath) XIE, Xin (Shanghai) ZHANG, Zhen-lin (Shanghai) TIAN, Ling (Shanghai) XING, Da (Guangzhou) ZHAO, Chen (New York) TIAN, Ze (Boston) XIONG, Li-ze (Xi’an) ZHAO, Hua-jun (Milwaukee) TOLBERT, David (Grand Rapids) XU, Cang-bao (Lund) ZHAO, Jin-jing (Rochester) TSAI, Tung-hu (Taipei) XU, Qi-he (London) ZHAO, Ming-gao (Xi’an) UENO, T (Tokyo) XU, Shang-zhong (Hull) ZHAO, Qiang (Shanghai) VAN PELT, F Jos (Leuven) XU, Yong (guangzhou) ZHAO, Yong-xing (Zhengzhou) VERKHRATSKY, Alexei (Manchester) YAN, Jin (Seattle) ZHEN, Xue-chu (Shanghai) VIDEIRA, M (Lisbon) YAN, Jin-chuan (Zhenjiang) ZHENG, Qing-shan (Shanghai) VIZOSO, Francisco J (Gijón) YANG, Bao-feng (harbin) ZHENG, Shi-rong (Louisville) WADA, Jun (Okayama) YANG, Bao-xue (Beijing) ZHOU, Chang-man (Beijing) WANG, Gang (Beijing) YANG, Hong (Dalian) ZHOU, Hong (Zhenjiang) WANG, Guang-feng (Shanghai) YANG, Jian (Mobile) ZHOU, Hong (Beijing) WANG, Guang-hui (Hefei) YANG, Jin-ming (Hershey) ZHOU, Jiang-quan (Florham Park) WANG, Guang-ji (Nanjing) YANG, Ru (Shanghai) ZHOU, Jun (Tianjin) WANG, He-yao (Shanghai) YANG, Yue-jin (Beijing) ZHOU, Mu-xiang (Atlanta) WANG, Hong (Philadelphia) YAO, Hong-wei (Rochester) ZHOU, Nai-ming (Hangzhou) WANG, Hong-yun (Beijing) YE, Min (Beijing) ZHOU, Wei-jie (Ann Arbor) WANG, Huai-liang (Shenyang) YE, Yu-mei (Galveston) ZHOU, Zhi-feng (Guangzhou) WANG, Hui (East Brunswick) YI, Chao-ran (Nanjing) ZHU, Bang-hao (Guangzhou) WANG, Min (San Francisco) YOU, Li (Shanghai) ZHU, Chuan-jiang (Beijing) WANG, Ming-gui (Shanghai) YU, De-hua (Shanghai) ZHU, Da-nian (Shanghai) WANG, Wei (Beijing) YU, Jun-xian (Beijing) ZHU, Jian-hong () WANG, Wei-dong (Chongqing) YU, Long (Shanghai) ZHU, Qing (Richmond) WANG, Wei-ye (Boston) YU, Yan-ke (Andover) ZHU, Shu (Augusta) WANG, Wen (Beijing) YU, Zhou (Philadelphia) ZHU, Wei (Shanghai) WANG, Xiao-yang (Bethesda) YUAN, Fang (Beijing) ZHU, Wei-liang (Shanghai) WANG, Yi-zheng (Shanghai) ZENG, Su (Hangzhou) ZOU, Yu-hong (Indianapolis) WANG, Yong-xiao (Albany) ZENG, Xian-lu (Changchun) ZOU, Zhong-mei (Beijng) WANG, Zhen (Beijing) ZHANG, Cheng-hai (Shanghai) WANG, Bao-ping (Beijing) ZHANG, Chun (Wuhan)

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