ORGANIZERS
International Steering Committee
Daniel Fourmy, Ph.D. (France), Chairman
Graham Baldwin, M.D. (Australia)
Christoph Beglinger, M.D. (Switzerland)
Daniel Drucker, M.D. (Canada)
Linda Hilsted, M.D. DMed Sc. (Denmark)
Andrew B. Leiter, M.D. Ph.D. (USA)
Wolfgang Schmidt, M.D. Ph.D. (Germany)
Kentaro Sugano, M.D. Ph.D. (Japan)
Andrea Varro, M.D. PhD. (UK)
Timothy C. Wang, M.D. Ph.D. (USA)
Local Organizing Committee
(Honorary Advisors)
Zen Itoh
Tsuneo Fujita
Hisayuki Matsuo
(Advisors)
Yasuhiko Ibata
Makoto Otsuki
Mitsugi Sugiyama
(Steering Committee)
Akemichi Baba
Tsutomu Chiba
Toshifumi Hibi
Michio Kaminishi
Itaru Kojima
Masamitsu Nakazato
Toru Shimosegawa
Seiji Shioda
Kentaro Sugano, Chairman
Toshiyuki Takeuchi
Hirohito Tsubouchi
Mamoru Watanabe
Toshihiko Yada
(Organizing Committee)
Ryuichiro Doi
Kazuma Fujimoto
Koichi Hirata
Masayuki Imamura
Kinji Inoue
Akio Inui
Tetsuhide Ito
Kenji Kangawa
Sumio Kawata
Masahito Kawatani
Yoshikazu Kinoshita
Yutaka Kohgo
Masayasu Kojima
Atsukazu Kuwahara
Takashi Matozaki
Bunzo Matsuura
Yasuhiko Minokoshi
Soichiro Miura
Kyoko Miyasaka
Hisataka Moriwaki
Satoru Naruse
Toshikatsu Okumura
Choitsu Sakamoto
Takeshi Sakurai
Yutaka Sasaki
Yasufumi Sato
Yasuhisa Shinomura
Goshi Shiota
Keiko Shiratori
Hidekazu Suzuki
Noriko Takahashi
Koji Takeuchi
Koji Yakabi
Yuichiro Yamada
Ken Yamaguchi
Masashi Yoneda
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
We wish to express our sincere appreciation to the following for their generous support for the 16th International Symposium on Regulatory Peptides.
-JSPS International meeting series-
Under the Auspices of: (in alphabetical order)
Japan Neuroendocrine Society
Japan Pancreas Society
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
Japan Society for the Study of Obesity (JASSO)
Japanese Society for Gastroenterological Carcinogenesis
Japanese Society for Immunology
Japanese Society for Mucosal Immunology
Physiological Society of Japan
The Japan Endocrine Society
The Japan Society of Hepatology
The Japanese Association of Anatomists
The Japanese Biochemical Society
The Japanese Pharmacological Society
The Japanese Society of Gastroenterological Surgery
The Japanese Society of Gastroenterology
Co-Sponsored by: Co-sponsored by the 21st Century COE Project, University of Miyazaki
Sponsored by: (in alphabetical order)
Alumni Association of Gastroenterology, Jichi Medical University
Astellas Pharma Inc.
AstraZeneca K.K.
Daiichi Asubio Pharma Co., Ltd.
Dainippon Sumitomo Pharma Co., Ltd.
Eisai Co., Ltd.
GlaxoSmithKline
Meirinkai Imaichi Hospital
Koganei Chuo Hospital
NIHON SCHERING K.K.
ONO PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.
Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
Rakuwakai Marutamachi Hospital
TAIHO PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.
Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited
TANABE SEIYAKU CO., LTD.
The Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers’ Associations of JAPAN
The Uehara Memorial Foundation
Abstract Reviewers: (in alphabetical order)
Graham Baldwin
Christoph Beglinger
Tsutomu Chiba
Daniel Drucker
Kazuma Fujimoto
Vay Liang Go
Akio Inui
Tetsuhide Ito
Michio Kaminishi
Masahito Kawatani
Itaru Kojima
Masayasu Kojima
Andrew Leiter
Bunzo Matsuura
Soichiro Miura
Kyoko Miyasaka
Hisataka Moriwaki
Masamitsu Nakazato
Satoru Naruse
Chung Owyang
Daniel Podolsky
Choitsu Sakamoto
Yutaka Sasaki
Wolfgang Schmidt
Catherine Seva
Yasuhisa Shinomura
Seiji Shioda
Yvett Taché
Noriko Takahashi
Toshiyuki Takeuchi
Andrea Todisco
Andrea Varro
Mamoru Watanabe
Michael Wolfe
Toshihiko Yada
Yuichiro Yamada
Masashi Yoneda