The Editorial Board of the Acta Pharmacologica Sinica wishes to thank the following scientists for their unique contribu- tion to this journal in reviewing the papers from April to June in 2006 (including papers published and rejected). AASUM, Ellen (Tromso) CHEN, Ruei-ming (Taipei) FU, Li-wu (Guangzhou) AISINA, Roza B (Moscow) CHEN, Yan (Shanghai) FUJIO, Yasushi (Suita) AKDENIZ, Bahri (Izmir) CHEN, Yan (Wuhan) GALMARINI, Carlos Maria (Lyon) AMIR, Ron (Jerusalem) CHEN, Yen-chou (Taipei) GAO, Feng (Xi'an) ANDRIANOV, Alexander K (Belmont) CHENG, He-ping (Beijing) GENG, Yun-qi (Tianjin) ANGELICO, Patrizia (Milano) CHEUNG, Wai (Portland) GILL, Sikander (Vancouver) ARENDSHORST, Willliam J (Chapel Hill) CHIOU, Tzeon-jye (Taipei) GORBUNOVA, V (Rochester) ASADA, Yujiro (Miyazaki) CHOI, Jun-shik (Gwangju) GU, Zhen-lun (Suzhou) ASHWORTH, Rachel (London) CHUNG, Jing-gung (Taichung) GUIRADO, Salvador (Málaga) BAE, Jae-hyun (Seoul) CHUNG, Sookja K (Hong kong) GUNDERSEN, Cameron B (Los Angeles) BAE, Yoe-sik (Busan) CIANFLONE, Katherine (Quebec) GUO, Li-he (Shanghai) BAGOSSI, Péter (Debrecen) CICCARELLI, Renata (Chieti) HAN, Xiao (Nanjing) BAKER, John E (Milwaukee) CLARK, Matthew (Blue Bell) HARMSEN, M C (Groningen) BALL, Andrew J 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