1. Department of Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine and Dentistry, Okayama University, Okayama, Japan.
2. Medical Products Department, Kuraray Medical Co. Ltd., Kurashiki, Japan.
3. Department of Transplant Medicine, Kyoto University Hospital, Kyoto, Japan.
4. Rosalind Franklin Comprehensive Diabetes Center, Chicago Medical School, North Chicago, Illinois.
5. Department of Biochemistry, Chosun University School of Medicine, Gwangju, Korea.
6. Dr. Ji-Won Yoon passed away on April 6, 2006.