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 Organization of Occupational Health and Safety, Chubu Rosai Hospital, Nagoya, Japan

Co-Editor

• Domenico Accili, Columbia University, New York, USA

Expert Editor

• Bo Ahren, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
• Young Min Cho, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
• Sean Dinneen, University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland
• Marc Gilbert, Universite P. & M. Curie (Paris 6)/ Karolinska Institutet, Montpelier, France
• Limei Liu, Shanghai Jiaotong Universitiy Affiliated 6th People's Hospital, Shanghai, China
• Ronald Ma, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
• Louis Philipson, University of Chicago, Chicago, USA
• Wayne H-H Sheu, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
• Bernard Thorens, Universite de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
• Daisuke Yabe, Gifu University, Gifu, Japan

Editorial Board

• Eiichi Araki, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
• Xiaoping Chen, China-Japan Friendship Hospital, Beijing, China
• Lee-Ming Chuang, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
• Masakazu Haneda, Asahikawa Medical College, Asahikawa, Japan
• Larry Low-Tone Ho, Veterans General Hospital and National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
• Akihisa Imagawa, Osaka Medical College, Osaka, Japan
• Nobuya Inagaki, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
• Linong Ji, Peking University People’s Hospital, Beijing, China
• Weiping Jia, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Affiliated Sixth People's Hospital, Shanghai Diabetes Institute, Shanghai, China
• Yi-Der Jiang, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
• Takashi Kadowaki, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
• Kohei Kaku, Kawasaki Medical School, Kurashiki, Japan
• Doo-Man Kim, Hallym University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
• Karen Lam, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
• Hong Kyu Lee, Eulji University Hospital, Gyeonggi-do, Korea
• In-Kyu Lee, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Korea
• Moon-Kyu Lee, Samsung Medical Center,Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
• Jiro Nakamura, Aichi Medical University, Nagakute, Japan
• Kishio Nanjo, Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama, Japan
• Wataru Ogawa, Kobe University, Kobe, Japan
• Yutaka Seino, Kansai Electric Power Hospital, Osaka, Japan
• Shyi-Jang Shin, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
• Hirohito Sone, Niigata University, Niigata, Japan
• Kathryn Tan, University of Hong Kong Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong, China
• Yukio Tanizawa, Yamaguchi University Graduate School of Medicine, Ube, Japan
• Koujiro Ueki, Center Hospital of the National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
• Hirotaka Watada, Juntendo University, Tokyo, Japan
• Jianping Weng, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China
• Soroku Yagihashi, Hirosaki University Graduate School of Medicine, Hirosaki, Japan
• Hiroshi Yamamoto, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan
• Toshimasa Yamauchi, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
• Wenying Yang, China-Japan Friendship Hospital, Beijing, China
• Kazuki Yasuda, Kyorin University, Tokyo, Japan
• Koutaro Yokote, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan
• Kun-Ho Yoon, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, Seoul, Korea

International Editorial Board

• Michael A. Brownlee, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, USA
• Subrata Chakrabarti, The University of Western Ontario, Ontario, Canada
• Mark E. Cooper, Baker Medical Research Institute, Prahran, Australia
• Philippe Froguel, Imperial College London, London, UK
• Wilfred Fujimoto, University of Washington, Hawaii, USA
• Michael S. German, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, USA
• Andrew Hattersley, Peninsula Medical School, Exeter, UK
• Jean-Claude Henquin, University of Louvain, Brussels, Belgium
• Jens Juul Holst, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
• Frank B. Hu, Harvard University, Boston, USA
• C. Ronald Kahn, Harvard Medical School, Joslin Diabetes Center, Boston, USA
• George L. King, Harvard Medical School, Joslin Diabetes Center, Boston, USA
• Rayaz A. Malik, Central Manchester Foundation Trust & University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
• Michael Mauer, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA
• Carl Erik Mogensen, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark
• Steven E. Shoelson, Harvard Medical School, Joslin Diabetes Center, Boston, USA
• Jay S. Skyler, Diabetes Research Institute, Diabetes Research Institute, Miami, USA
• Paul Zimmet, Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute, Melbourne, Australia

Assistant Editorial Board

• Tien-Jyun Chang, The National Taiwan University Medical college, Taipei, Taiwan
• Yoshiyuki Hamamoto, Kansai Electric Power Hospital, Osaka, Japan
• Norio Harada, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
• Yi-Jen Hung, Tri-Service General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
• Chi-Min Hwu, The National Yang-Ming University and Taipei-Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
• Hideki Kamiya, Aichi Medical University, Aichi, Japan
• Dae Jung Kim, Ajou University School of Medicine, Suwon, Korea
• Seung-Hwan Lee, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea
• Hung-Yuan Li, The National Taiwan University (NTU) Medical college, Taipei, Taiwan
• Takashi Matsuzaka, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan
• Keiko Naruse, Aichi Gakuin University, Aichi, Japan
• Takeshi Nishikawa, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
• Eung-Jung Rhee, Kangbuk Samsung Hospital, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
• Yusuke Seino, Fujita Health University, Aichi, Japan
• Hironori Waki, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan