Journal of Biomedical Research Open Access Editor-in-Chief: Zhibin Hu, MD, PhD
Editorial Board
Editor-in-Chief
Zhibin Hu, MD, PhD

Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China

Honorary Editor-in-Chief

Xuehao Wang, MD
Academician, Chinese Academy of Engineering, Beijing, China;
Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China

Hongbing Shen, PhD
Academician, Chinese Academy of Engineering, Beijing, China;
Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China

Executive Editor-in-Chief

Qingyi Wei, MSc, MD, PhD
Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, USA

Deputy Editor-in-Chief

Su-Kab Kim, PhD
Chungbuk National University, Cheongju, Republic of Korea

Executive Deputy Editor-in-Chief

Ming Xiao, MD, PhD
Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China

Dongya Zhu, PhD
Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China

Associate Editors-in-Chief

Jacques Bradwejn, MD, FRCPC
University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada

Kyung-Chul Choi, DVM, PhD
Chungbuk National University, Cheongju, Republic of Korea

Yong Ji, PhD
Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China

Hong Liu, MD
University of California, Davis, CA, USA

Associate Editors

Larbi Boubchir, PhD
University of Paris 8, Saint-Denis, Cedex, France

Seong Soo Joo, PhD
Gangneung-Wonju National University, Gangneung, Republic of Korea

Yong Xu, PhD
Jiangsu Cancer Hospital, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China

Hongshan Chen, PhD
Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China

Okjin Kim, DVM, PhD
Wonkwang University, Iksan, Republic of Korea

Zemin Yao, MD, PhD
University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada

Sang-Hwan Hyun, PhD
Chungbuk National University, Cheongju, Republic of Korea

Tao Li, MD, PhD
University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA

Jingdong Zhang, MD, PhD
University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, USA

Guangfu Jin, PhD
Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China

Ganesh Chandra Sahoo, PhD
Rajendra Memorial Research Institute of Medical Sciences, Agam Kuan, Patna, India

Ruiwen Zhang, MD, PhD
University of Houston, Houston, TX, USA

Editorial Board Members

Beum-Soo An, DVM, PhD
Department of Biomaterials Science, College of Natural Resources & Life Science, Pusan National University, Miryang, Republic of Korea

Prasert Auewarakul, MD, PhD
Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand

Mats Bemark, PhD
Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden

Stuart K. Calderwood, PhD
Department of Radiation Oncology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA

Maxime Cannesson, MD, PhD
Department of Anesthesiology, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA

Xiaojian Cao, MD, PhD
Department of Orthopedic Surgery, the First Affiliated Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China

Michele Carbone, MD, PhD
Department of Pathology, University of Hawaii Cancer Center, Honolulu, HI, USA

Daniel J.J. Carr, PhD
Department of Ophthalmology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma, OK, USA

Chetwyn Chan, PhD
Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China

Hongshan Chen, PhD
School of Pharmacy, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China

Steven Y Cheng, PhD
Department of Developmental Genetics Center for Regenerative Medicine, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China

Kyung-Chul Choi, DVM, PhD
Laboratory of Biochemistry and Immunology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju, Republic of Korea

David C. Christiani, MD, MPH, MS
Department of Environmental Health, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA

William E. Cohn, MD
Minimally Invasive Surgical Technology, Texas Heart Institute, Houston, TX, USA

Chunsun Dai, PhD
Center for Kidney Disease, the Second Affiliated Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing,Jiangsu, China

Yifan Dai, PhD
The Center of Metabolic Disease Research, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China

Anuradha Dube, PhD
Leishmania Laboratory, Division of Parasitology, Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow, India

Guoping Fan, PhD
Department of Human Genetics, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA

Zhenqing Feng, MD, PhD
Department of Pathology, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China

Daniel Figeys, PhD
Ottawa Institute of Systems Biology, Department of Biochemistry, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada

Kohji Fukunaga, PhD
Department of Pharmacology, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan

Wei Gao, PhD
School of Basic Medical Sciences, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China

Yong-Jian Geng, PhD
Texas Heart Institute, Houston, TX, USA

Matteo Goldoni, PhD
Department of Clinical Medicine, Nephrology, and Preventive Science, ISPELS Research Center, University of Parma Medical School, Parma, Italy

Xiaoxiang Guan, MD, PhD
Department of Oncology, the First Affiliated Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China

Xiao Han, PhD
Department of Biochemistry, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China

Feng Han, PhD
School of Pharmacy, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China

Zhigang He, PhD
F.M. Kirby Neurobiology Center, Children’s Hospital, and Department of Neurology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA

Eui-Ju Hong, DVM, PhD
College of Veterinary Medicine, Chungnam National University, Daejeon, Republic of Korea

Zhibin Hu, MD, PhD
School of Public Health, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China

Gi-Wook Hwang, PhD
Laboratory of Molecular Biochemical Toxicology, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan

Siegfried Janz, PhD
Department of Pathology, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa, USA

Yong Ji, PhD
Atherosclerosis Research Center, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing , Jiangsu, China

Binghua Jiang, PhD
University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Department of Pathology Iowa City, IA, USA

Guangfu Jin, PhD
School of Public Health, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China

Peter W. Kalivas, PhD
Department of Physiology and Neuroscience, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, USA

Yong Baek Kim, DVM, PhD
Laboratory of Clinical Pathology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea

Bumseok Kim, DVM, PhD
Laboratory of Pathology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Chonbuk National University, Iksan, Republic of Korea

Kyriakos E. Kypreos, PhD
Department of Medicine, University of Patras School of Health Sciences, Rio Achaias, Greece

Maode Lai, PhD
Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China

Younghee Lee, PhD
Department of Biochemistry, College of Natural Sciences, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju, Republic of Korea

Geun-Shik Lee, DVM, PhD
College of Veterinary Medicine, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon, Republic of Korea

Hong Liu, MD
Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, University of California, Davis, CA, USA

Jinsong Liu, MD, PhD
Department of Pathology, the University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA

Yan Liu, PhD
Institute for Stem Cell and Neural Regeneration, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China

Liwei Lu, PhD
Department of Pathology, the University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

Shan Lu, MD, PhD
Department of Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, USA

Daqing Ma, MD, PhD, FRCA
Department of Surgery & Cancer, Imperial College London, Chelsea & Westminster Hospital, London, UK

Lingzhong Meng, MD
Department of Anesthesiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA

Joseph M. Miano, PhD
Department of Medicine, Aab Cardiovascular Research Institute, School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, USA

Dengshun Miao, PhD
Research Center for Bone and Stem Cells, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China

Yi Miao, MD
Pancreas Center, the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China

William M. Novick, MD
Department of Surgery and Pediatrics, University of Tennessee, Memphis, TN, USA

Erik Reimhult, PhD
Department of Nanobiotechnology, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria

Nathaniel Rothman, MD, MPH, MHS
Division of Cancer Epidemiology & Genetics, Occupational and National Cancer Institute, USA

Jiahao Sha, PhD
Laboratory of Reproductive Medicine, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China

Win-Kuang Shen, MD
Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Phoenix, AZ, USA

Hongbing Shen, PhD
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China

Jan A. Staessen, MD, PhD
KU Leuven Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, Leuven, Belgium

Chuan Su, PhD
Department of Pathogen Biology, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China

Yujie Sun, PhD
Key Laboratory of Human Functional Genomics of Jiangsu Province, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China

Dimitri A. Svistunenko, PhD
School of Biological Sciences, Central Campus, University of Essex, Essex, UK

Yuanxiang Tao, MD, PhD
Department of Anesthesiology/Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA

George C. Tsokos, MD
Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA

Ming-Hai Wang, PhD
Cancer Biology Center, School of Pharmacy, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Amarillo, TX, USA

Dongqing Wei, PhD
Department of Bioinformatics and Biostatistics, College of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China

Shicheng Wei, MD, PhD
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, School and Hospital of Stomatology, Peking University, Beijing, China

Qingyi Wei, MSc, MD, PhD
Department of Population Health Sciences, Duke University School of Medicine, NC, USA

Lisa Wiesmüller, PhD
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany

Jie Wu, MD, PhD
Neural Physiology Laboratory, Barrow Neurological Institute, Phoenix, AZ, USA

Tangchun Wu, MD, PhD
Tongji Medical College of Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China

Yankai Xia, PhD
School of Public Health, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China

Ming Xiao, MD, PhD
Department of Pharmacology, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China

Yong Xu, PhD
Department of Pathophysiology, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China

Chung S. Yang, PhD
Department of Chemical Biology, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, NJ, USA

Xiang-Jiao Yang, PhD
Goodman Cancer Center and Department of Medicine McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Shuo Yang, MD, PhD
Department of Immunology, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China

Zemin Yao, PhD
Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine Ottawa, University of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Yongmei Yin, PhD
Department of Oncology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China

Guoyong Yin, MD
Department of Orthopedics, the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China

Aihua Zhang, PhD
Department of Nephrology, Children's Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China

Ruiwen Zhang, PhD
College of Pharmacy, University of Houston, Houston, TX, USA

Zhengdong Zhang, PhD
School of Public Health, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China

Ruoxin Zhang, PhD
School of Public Health, Fudan University, Shanghai, China

Gang Zhao, MD
Department of Neurology, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xian, Shaanxi, China

Jianwei Zhou, PhD
School of Public Health, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China

Dongya Zhu, PhD
School of Pharmacy, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China

Jiangang Zou, MD, PhD
Department of Cardiology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China