Acta Pharmacologica Sinica (2012) 33: i–iii npg © 2012 CPS and SIMM All rights reserved 1671-4083/12 www.nature.com/aps 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 May 2012 to August 2012 (including papers published and rejected). A, Ji-ye (Nanjing) CHEN, Lin (Hefei) GASCON, Alicia Rodríguez (Vitoria) ALIBRAHIM, Ammar (Toronto) CHEN, LL (Fuzhou) GE, Zhi-dong (Milwaukee) ALITHEEN, Noorjahan (Serdang) CHEN, Shao-wei (New Orleans) GORDELADZE, Jan (Oslo) ARMISEN, R (Santiago) CHEN, Wei (Hangzhou) GORRELL, Mark (Newtown) AVIELLO, Gabriella (Naples) CHEN, Xi-jing (Nanjing) GROMMES, Christian (New York) BAARTSCHEER, Antonius (Amsterdam) CHEN, Xiu-xu (Brookfield) GRONWALD, Wolfram (Regensburg) BACZEK, Tomasz (Gdansk) CHEN, Xuan-mao (Seattle) GU, Jing-kai (Changchun) BAI, Chun-xue (Shanghai) CHEN, Yan (Wu-han) GUAN, Han-jun (Lexington) BAI, Xue-feng (Columbus) CHEN, Yi (Shanghai) GUAN, Yong-yuan (Guangzhou) BANDYOPADHYAY, Tusar (Mumbai) CHEN, Yuh-Lien (Taipei) GUAN, Zhi-zhong (Guiyang) BANERJEE, Debabrata (New Brunswick) CHEN, Ze-neng (Changsha) GUO, Chun-hua (Bethesda) BARANCIK, Miroslav (Bratislava) CHEN, Zhe-yu (Jinan) GUO, De-an (Shanghai) BAY, Boon Huat (Singapore) CHENG, Gong (Beijing) GUO, Qing-long (Nanjing) BERTINO JR, Joseph S (Albany) CHENG, Jie (Bethesda) GUO, Xiao-hua (Salt Lake City) BIAN, Zhao-xiang (Hong Kong) CHENG, Tzu-hurng (Taichung) GUO, Zhi-hong (Hong Kong) BLAHETA, Roman A (Frankfurt am Main) CHENG, Xiao-yang (West Haven) HAN, Hai-xiong (Shanghai) BLOCH, Wilhelm (Cologne) CHENG, Yan (Hershey) HAN, Chong-yang (West Haven) BONDAREVA, IB (Moscow) CHENG, Yih-shyun (Taipei) HAN, Jung-soo (Seoul) BOOZ, George (Jackson) CHEUNG, Po-yin (Edmonton) HAN, Xiao-nan (Cincinnati) BRATH, E (Budapest) CHIOU, Tzeon-jye (Taipei) HANSS, Michel (Bron cedex) BROWN, Craig (Victoria) CHU, Xiang-ping (Kansas City) HE, Lang-chong (Xi’an) BU, Xian-zhang (Guangzhou) CHUNG, Jing-gung (Taichung) HE, Qiao-jun (Hangzhou) BURGESS, Janette K (Sydney) CHUNG, KK (Hong Kong) HE, Xian-hui (Guangzhou) CABALLERO, R (Madrid) CIPAK, L (Bratislava) HIRATA, Naoyuki (Sapporo) CAI, Ji-qun (Shenyang) COLEMAN, HA (Clayton) HO, Yuan-soon (Taipei) CAI, Wei-ming (Shanghai) CUI, Liao (Zhanjiang) HOCHT, Christian (Buenos Aires) CALTANA, Laura (Capital Federal) CUI, Yi-min (Beijing) HONG, Jiang (Shanghai) CÂMARA, NOS (Sao paulo) CUNNINGHAM, C Casey (Whitehouse) HOU, Bo (Boston) CAMPO, Giuseppe (Messina) DAI, Ai-guo (Changsha) HOU, Jian (Shanghai) CAO, Ning (Seattle) DAI, De-zai (Nanjing) HOU, Zheng (Xi’an) CAO, Qi-chen (Shenyang) DAI, Hou-yong (Nanjing) HOWES, Melanie-Jayne R (Surrey) CAO, Yi-hai (Stockholm) DAI, Mei (Cincinnati) HSIEH, Ching-liang (Taichung) CASO , Javier (Madrid) DE ANDRADE, Tiago Gomes (Maceió) HSU, Yuan-man (Taiching) CASTELLO, ENRIQUE A (Santiago) DE OLIVEIRA, Ramatis (Newcastle) HU, Chao-xin (Baltimore) CHAN, Wen-hsiung (Taoyuan) DIAO, Shi-yong (MEMPHIS) HU, Gang (Nanjing) CHANDRASEKARAN, Adithan (Pondich- DING, Sheng-yuan (Memphis) HU, Guo-yuan (Shanghai) erry) DOERKSEN, Robert J (University) HU, Hong-ming (Portland) CHANG, Baochong B (Waco) DONG, Qing-hua (Hangzhou) HU, Ke-li (Columbus) CHANG, Yong-chang (Phoenix) DUAN, Da-yue (Reno) HU, Lei (New York) CHAUHAN, Vinita (Charlotte) DUAN, Jin-ao (Nanjing) HU, Zhi-an (Chongqing) CHEN, Ching-chu (Taichung) EITAN, Shoshana (College Station) HUANG, Guang-cun (Columbus) CHEN, Chung-yung (Chung-li) EL-SAYED, Wael M (Abbassia) HUANG, Guang-hua (Beijing) CHEN, Chun-jung (Taichung) ES-SAFI, Nour-eddine (Rabat) HUANG, He (Hangzhou) CHEN, Chun-ying (Beijing) ESTEBAN, Esther (Barcelona) HUANG, Jau-shyang (Tainan) CHEN, Guang-chun (Rochester) FENG, Lin-yin (Shanghai) HUANG, Jian (Birmingham) CHEN, Gui-hai (Hefei) FIGUEIREDO, Marxa (Baton Rouge) HUANG, Xie-nan (Zunyi) CHEN, Guo (Hangzhou) FLORIO, Tullio (Genova) HUANG, Yu-guang (Beijing) CHEN, Guo-qiang (Shanghai) FU, Guo-sheng (Hangzhou) HUNG, Li-man (Tao-yuan) CHEN, Hong-xiang (Wuhan) GAN, Yong (Shanghai) HUTTER, Michael (Saarbruecken) CHEN, Jaw-wen (Taipei) GAO, Jin-ming (Beijing) HWANG, KC (Seoul) CHEN, Jian-guo (Wuhan) GAO, Ning (Chongqing) IM, Dong-soon (Busan) CHEN, Jia-shu (Guangzhou) GAO, Zhao-bing (Shanghai) JACKSON, Michael (London) npg www.nature.com/aps Acknowledgements to Reviewers ii JANKEVICS, Andris (Groningen) LU, Wei (Nanjing) VAN PELT, Jos (Leuven) JESCHKE, Marc (Galveston) LU, Wei-yue (Shanghai) VANHOUTTE, PM (Hong Kong) JI, Hong-bin (Shanghai) LUO, Bei-bei (New Haven) VELEZ-PARDO, Carlos (Medellin) JIA, Wei-ping (Shanghai) LUO, Lu-guang (Providence) WANG, Aaron (Houston ) JIANG, Ming (Rochester) LUTHY, IA (Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos WANG, Chan-qian (Shanghai) JIANG, Yu (Chongqing) Aires) WANG, Che (Dalian) JIN, Xin (Atlanta) MA, Yue-ming (Shanghai) WANG, Feng-jun (Chongqing) JOHNS, EJ (Cork) MATSUMURA, T (Kumamoto) WANG, Feng-sheng (Kaohsiung) JUANG, Horng-heng (Kwei-Shan, Tao-Yuan) MENG, Ling-hua (Shanghai) WANG, Hua-dong (Guangzhou) KANG, Bor-hwang (Taipei) MESQUITA, FF (Campinas) WANG, Hua-lin (Wuhan) KANG, Ju-seop (Seoul) MIAO, Ze-hong (Shanghai) WANG, Hui (Shanghai) KAWAHARA, Shigenori (Toyama) MIGUELEZ, Cristina (Leioa) WANG, Hui-bo (Nanjing) KE, Zun-ji (Shanghai) MORDOH, José (Buenos Aires) WANG, Jian-jun (Nanjing) KOCIC, Ivan (Gdansk) MORENO JR, Heitor (Campinas) WANG, Li-hong (Hangzhou) KONG, Wei (Beijing) NAOI, Makoto (Kakamigahara, Gifu) WANG, Ming-hai (Amarillo) KOYAMA, Nobuyuki (Hidakashi) NIESSEN, Markus (Zurich) WANG, Ming-wei (Shanghai) KRUITHOF, EKO (Geneve) NOREL, Xavier (Paris) WANG, Qian (Guangzhou) KWONG, Yok-lam (Hong Kong) ODA, Yutaka (Osaka) WANG, Qin-hong (Durham) LAI, Henry (Seattle) ORTEGA, Arturo (Mexico City) WANG, Wei (Saint Louis) LASH, Lawrence (Detroit) PAN, Qiu-wei (Rotterdam) WANG, Wei-ye (Bethesda) LE, Ying-ying (Shanghai) PARK, Byung-hyun (Jeonju) WANG, Xiu-jie (Chengdu) LEE, Horng-mo (Taichung) PASQUA, Oscar Della (Leiden) WANG, Y (Yangling) LENG, Ying (Shanghai) PRAVDIC, Danijel (Mostar) WANG, Ya-ning (Clarksburg) LI, Bai-yan (Indianapolis) QI, Jian-fei (La Jolla) WANG, Ying (Philadelphia) LI, Gui-deng (Irvine) QI, Yong-fen (Beijing) WANG, Yi-ping (Shanghai) LI, Hong (Dalian) QIAN, Wen-bin (Hangzhou) WANG, Yong-jun (Shanghai) LI, Hong-lin (Shanghai) RAO, Jin-jun (Guangzhou) WANG, Feng-fei (Fargo) LI, Min (Hong Kong) REN, Jun (Laramie) WEI, Er-qing (Hangzhou) LI, Qiu-bai (Wuhan) RIANCHO, JA (Santander) WEI, Wei (Hefei) LI, Xia (Dalian) ROBERTS, Jason A (Brisbane) WEI, Xin (Nanjing) LI, Xiao (Shang-hai) ROYO, M (Barcelona) WINSHIP, Ian (Edmonton) LI, Xiao-lu (Ji-nan) SEBASTIAO, Ana (Lisbon) WU, Chang-jer (Keelung) LI, Xing-an (Changchun) SHAO, Min-hua (Shanghai) WU, Ming-jiuan (Tainan) LI, Yun-man (Nanjing) SHE, Miao-rong (Guangzhou) WU, Yan-min (Hangzhou) LI, Zhuo-ya (Wuhan) SHEN, Zhu-fang (Beijing) WU, Zhao-qiu (Ann Arbor) LIANG, Bo (Copenhagen) SLIVA, Daniel (Indianapolis) XI, Lei (Richmond) LIANG, Hua-ping (Chongqing) SOLBRIG, Marylou V (Winnipeg) XIE, Hong-guang (Nashville) LIANG, Jian-hui (Beijing) SONG, Li-hua (Shanghai) XIE, Mei-lin (Suzhou) LIMTRAKUL, Pornngarm (Chiang Mai) SONG, Yi (Beijing) XIE, Qiang-min (Hangzhou) LIN, Ai-fu (Houston) SRIPANIDKULCHAI, Bungorn (Amphur XIE, Yu-feng (London) LIN, Ru-xian (Baltimore) Meung) XIONG, Bin (Shanghai) LIN, Yong (Albuquerque) SU, Ding-feng (Shanghai) XIONG, Zhi-gang (Atlanta) LING, Eng-ang (Singapore) SU, Rui-bin (Beijing) XU, Ming (Dallas) LING, Qing-yuan (Changsha) SUI, Jian-feng (Chongqing) XU, Shu-qing (Wuhan) LIU, Jian-ping (Nanjing) SUN, Feng-yan (Shanghai) YANG, Bao-feng (Harbin) LIU, Jing-gen (Shanghai) SUN, Shujuan (Ji-nan) YANG, Bo (Hangzhou) LIU, Lian (Ji-nan) SUN, Xun (Chengdu) YANG, Chun-hao (Shanghai) LIU, Ming (Beijing) SUZUKI, Kazuhiro (Maebashi) YANG, Feng (Baltimore) LIU, Nai-feng (Nanjing) SWAYNE, Leigh Anne (Victoria) YANG, Guang-xiao (New haven) LIU, Wei-jun (Pittsburgh) TANG, Chih-hsin (Taichung) YANG, Huang-tian (Shanghai) LIU, Xue-li (Hangzhou) TANG, Min-ke (Pittsburgh) YANG, Ying-bao (Ann Arbor) LIU, Yin-kun (Shanghai) TANG, Wei (Shanghai) YIN, Xiao-xing (Xuzhou) LONG, MA (Beijing) TANG, Xian-ling (Luzhou) YOU, Li (Shanghai ) LONG, Yun Chau (Singapore) TANG, Yun (Shanghai) YU, Chao (Chongqing) LOU, Hong-xiang (Ji-nan) TANG, Zhong-ming (Beijing) YU, Qiang (Shanghai) LOU, Yin-jun (Hangzhou) TAO, Ai-lin (Guangzhou) YU, Wei-ping (Nanjing) LU, Cheng-rong (Beijing) TAO, Ran (Bethesda) YU, Yan-ke (Andover) LU, Huan-zhang (Toronto) TIAN, Ling (Shanghai) ZANG, Wei-jin (Xi’an) LU, Jia-hai (Guangzhou) TSAI, Jaw-ji (Taichung) ZHA, Xiang-dong (Hefei) LU, Li-min (Shanghai) UNNIKRISHNAN, Ashwin (Sydney) ZHANG, Ao (Shanghai) LU, Qiang (Buffalo) VALVERDE, AM (Madrid) ZHANG, Chen (Beijing) Acta Pharmacologica Sinica www.chinaphar.com npg Acknowledgements to Reviewers iii ZHANG, Hai-lin (Shijiazhuang) ZHANG, You-yi (Beijing) ZHOU, Jun (Tianjin) ZHANG, Ming-cai (Kansas City) ZHANG, Yun (Kunming) ZHOU, Qing-hua (Tianjin) ZHANG, Qi (Nanjing) ZHANG, Zhen-lin (Shanghai) ZHOU, Wei-jie (Ann Arbor) ZHANG, Xiang-yang (Houston) ZHAO, Chen (New York City) ZHOU, Xian-liang (Beijing) ZHANG, Xiao-dong (Tianjin) ZHAO, Ming-gao (Xi’an) ZHOU, Yu-bo (Shanghai) ZHANG, Ya-dong (Columbia) ZHAO, Mu-jun (Shanghai) ZHU, Qing (Richmond) ZHANG, Yi-qiang (Seattle) ZHEN, 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