Journal of Diabetes Investigation is your core diabetes journal from Asia; the official journal of the Asian Association for the Study of Diabetes (AASD). The journal publishes a variety of original research, country reports, commentaries, reviews, mini-reviews, case reports, letters, as well as editorials and news. The journal embraces clinical and experimental research in diabetes and related areas. This includes aspects of prevention, treatment, education, nutrition, metabolic risk, psychosocial and socio-economic research, as well as molecular aspects and pathophysiology. Translational research focused on the exchange of ideas between clinicians and researchers is also welcomed.

Editor-in-Chief

• Nigishi Hotta, Japan Labour Health and Welfare Organization Chubu Rosai Hospital, Nagoya, Japan

Executive Editors

• Lee-Ming Chuang, Taiwan
• Takashi Kadowaki, Japan
• Hong Kyu Lee, Korea
• Kishio Nanjo, Japan
• Yutaka Seino, Japan
• Kathryn Tan, Hong Kong
• Wenying Yang, China

Editorial Board

• KGMM Alberti, London, UK
• Graeme l. Bell, Chicago, USA
• Michael A. Brownlee, New York, USA
• Subrata Chakrabarti, Ontario, Canada
• Philippe Froguel, London, UK
• Wilfred Fujimoto, Hawaii, USA
• Michael S. German, San Francisco, USA
• Andrew Hattersley, Exeter, UK
• Jean-Claude Henquin, Brussels, Belgium
• Jens Juul Holst, Copenhagen, Denmark
• Frank B. Hu, Boston, USA
• C. Ronald Kahn, Boston, USA
• George L. King, Boston, USA
• Rayaz A. Malik, Manchester, UK
• Michael Mauer, Minneapolis, USA
• Carl Erik Mogensen, Aarhus, Denmark
• Emmanuel Van Obberghen, Nice, France
• Irina G. Obrosova, Baton Rouge, USA
• M Alan Permutt, St. Louis, USA
• Kenneth S. Polonsky, St. Louis, USA
• Philip Raskin, Dallas, USA
• Christopher J. Rhodes, Chicago, USA
• Steven E. Shoelson, Boston, USA
• Anders A.F. Sima, Detroit, USA
• Jay S. Skyler, Miami, USA
• Martin J. Stevens, Birmingham, UK
• Bernard Thorens, Lausanne, Switzerland
• Paul Zimmet, Caulfield South, Australia

Associate Editors

• Eiichi Araki, Kumamoto, Japan
• Masakazu Haneda, Hokkaido, Japan
• Larry Low-Tone Ho, Taipei, Taiwan
• Nobuya Inagaki, Kyoto, Japan
• Linong Ji, Beijing, China
• Weiping Jia, Shanghai, China
• Yi-Der Jiang, Taiwan
• Kohei Kaku, Kurashiki, Japan
• Atsunori Kashiwagi, Shiga, Japan
• Masato Kasuga, Tokyo, Japan
• Doo-Man Kim, Seoul, Korea
• Karen Lam, Hong Kong, China
• In-Kyu Lee, Daegu, Korea
• Juming Lu, Beijing, China
• Jiro Nakamura, Nagoya, Japan
• Sung Woo Park, Korea
• Tae Sun Park, Jeon Ju, Korea
• Yasushi Saito, Chiba, Japan
• Susumu Seino, Kobe, Japan
• Shyi-Jang Shin, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
• Ho Young Son, Korea
• Hyun Shik Son, Uijeongbu-si, Korea
• Naoko Tajima, Tokyo, Japan
• Yukio Tanizawa, Yamaguchi, Japan
• Jianping Weng, Guangzhou, China
• Soroku Yagihashi, Hirosaki, Japan
• Hiroshi Yamamoto, Kanazawa, Japan

Assistant Editorial Board

• Norio Harada, Kyoto, Japan
• Akihisa Imagawa, Osaka, Japan
• Takashi Matsuzaka, Tsukuba, Japan
• Kohtaro Minami, Kobe, Japan
• Eitaro Nakashima, Nagoya, Japan
• Keiko Naruse, Nagoya, Japan
• Takeshi Nishikawa, Kumamoto, Japan
• Wataru Ogawa, Kobe, Japan
• Takashi Sasaki, Chiba, Japan
• Hirotaka Watada, Tokyo, Japan
• Daisuke Yabe, Osaka, Japan
• Toshimasa Yamauchi, Tokyo, Japan
• Kazuki Yasuda, Tokyo, Japan