Journal of Atherosclerosis and Thrombosis Editorial Board
Editor-in-Chief
Yujiro Asada
Deputy Editor
Tomonori Okamura
Associate Editors (Abroad)
Alan Chait (USA)
Valentin Fuster (USA)
Edward Janus (Australia)
Rodolfe Paoletti (Italy)
Philip Yu-An Ding (Taiwan)
Chen Bao-Sheng (China)
Heiner Greten (Germany)
Kwang-Kon Ko (Korea)
J Shepherd (UK)
Byung-il W. Choi (Korea)
Goran K. Hansson
(Sweden)
Peter Libby (USA)
Chee-Eng-Tan (Singapore)
Associate Editors
Makoto Ayaori
Hideaki Bujo
Yoshio Fujioka
Takanari Gotoda
Mitsuhiko Hara
Hisanori Horiuchi
Katsunori Ikewaki
Toshiyuki Ishibashi
Tatsuro Ishida
Yasushi Ishigaki
Kazuo Kitagawa
Takanari Kitazono
Shinji Koba
Junji Kobayashi
Takashi Miida
Masaaki Miyata
Eriko Morishita
Mashio Nakamura
Mariko Harada-Shiba
Michio Shimabukuro
Tetsuo Shoji
Hirohito Sone
Kazuhisa Tsukamoto
Takahiro Ueno
Hiroshi Yatsuya
Editorial Board
Sadatoshi Biro
Hiroshi Ito
Hidetoshi Kotake
Takao Ohta
Hitoshi Shimano
Osamu Tokunaga
Kyosuke Yamamoto
Hideaki Bujo
Kohji Kajinami
Masatoshi Kuroki
Tomio Onuma
Kohji Shirai
Yukihiko Ueda
Taku Yamamura
Masaaki Eto
Atsunori Kashiwagi
Akiyo Matsumoto
Junichi Osuga
Michihiro Sugano
Makiko Ueda
Shizuya Yamashita
Takayuki Fujioka
Makoto Kinoshita
Ryozo Nagai
Jun Sasaki
Norio Tada
Hikaru Ueno
Masayuki Yokode
Masahiko Igarashi
Junji Koizumi
Yutaka Nagano
Kazuaki Shimamoto
Akira Tanaka
Nobuhiro Yamada
Shinji Yokoyama
─ Objectives, Scope and Organization ─
The Journal of Atherosclerosis and Thrombosis (JAT) is the official publication of the Japan Atherosclerosis
Society, and the Asian-Pacific Society of Atherosclerosis and Vascular Diseases the objectives, scope and
organization of which are as follows.
Objectives : JAT provides investigators working in fields related to atherosclerosis and thrombosis with an
added opportunity to publish their studies in a major international publication.
JAT also aims to provide
these investigators with up-to-date information drawn from many disciplines and representing a wide range of
approaches. To promote communication among laboratories working in different fields, JAT will not limit the
acceptance of papers to members of the Japan Atherosclerosis Society and the Asian-Pacific Society of
Atherosclerosis and Vascular Diseases.
Scope : JAT contains original articles, reviews, case reports, state-of-the-art minireview, symposium and
workshop proceedings, letterts to the editor, and information on meetings or conferences related to
Atherosclerosis and thrombosis and their risk factors. JAT further covers disciplines that are related to
Atherosclerosis and thrombosis, including genetics, cell or molecular biology, Biochemistry, metabolic kinetics,
physiology, morphology, pathology, nutrition, clinical investigations, epidemiology, and intervention trials.
Organization : JAT mainly consists of original articles that are published after careful review by at least two
reviewers on the editorial board or by one reviewer on the board and another suggested by the author on
submission. JAT also contains a review article on timely and important issues together with a comprehensive
list of the related literature. JAT will accept letters to the editor on some critical issues to be rapidly reported or
comments to be made on articles reported in JAT.
Correspondence: Manuscripts, scientific correspondence, subscription requests, changes of address, and
other business correspondence must be emailed to the Japan Atherosclerosis Society. Inquiries on
advertising space should also be directed to the Japan Atherosclerosis Society:
The Japan Atherosclerosis Society (JAS)
Nichinai-kaikan B1, 3-28-8 Hongo
Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
e-mail: jas@j-athero.or.jp