The aim of Cancer Immunology Immunotherapy is the communication of significant research documented by accurate, unambiguous data that are presented in an easily readable form. The style and quality of the journal depend to a great extent on the referees, who provide the authors with valuable criticism on the content and form of the papers submitted. These time-consuming services are provided without financial reward and are greatly appreciated. Therefore, we gratefully acknowledge the contribution in 2008 of:

Abdel-Latif, Mohamed

Abken, Hinrich

Abrams, Judith

Adams, Vicky

Aerts, Joeri

Agrawal, Anshu

Agur, Zvia

Ahmad, Murrium

Ahmed, Nuzhat

Akashi, Mitsuru

Akatsuka, Yoshiki

Al-Harthi, Lena

Allavena, Paola

Alvaro Naranjo, Tomás

Ambrosone, Christine

Andersen, Mads

Ansell, Stephen

Anumba, Dilly

Arredouani, Mohamed

Asao, Takayuki

Auer, Rebecca

Azuma, Miyuki

Baar, Joseph

Bachleitner-Hofmann, Thomas

Baer, Maria

Baeuerle, Patrick

Balkwill, Frances

Banham, Allison

Barrett, John

Bellone, Matteo

Benveniste, Etty

Berardi, Rossana

Bergamini, Alberto

Berneman, Zwi

Bernstein, Hans-Gert

Bethge, Wolfgang

Biragyn, Arya

Blanck, George

Blankenstein, Thomas

Blumberg, Richard

Böhle, Andreas

Bonavida, Benjamin

Bonomo, Adriana

Bonorino, Cristina

Bonovas, Stefanos

Bontkes, Hetty

Boon, Thierry

Bordignon, Caludio

Borghaei, Hossein

Born, Willi

Bovjberg, Dana

Bramson, Jonathan

Brandau, Sven

Brentjens, Renier

Bright, Robert

Britten, Cedrik

Brogden, Kim

Bröker, Barbara

Bronte, Vincenzo

Brossart, Peter

Brown, Andrew

Bukowski, Jack

Bukowski, Ronald

Burgert, Hans-Gerhard

Burgess, Tony

Burlingham, William

Butterfield, Lisa

Cabrera, Roniel

Cadossi, Ruggero

Campbell, Kerry

Carbone, David

Carey, Greg

Cariati, Massi

Carrara, Hélio

Carson, William

Carter, Paul

Caruso, Calogero

Cavacini, Lisa

Cavallo, Federica

Cebon, Jonathan

Ceciliani, Fabrizio

Chaudry, Asif

Chen, Gang

Chen, Wei

Chen, Xin

Cheng, Weng-Fan

Cheng, Yung-Chi

Chikamatsu, Kazuaki

Chougnet, Claire

Chueh, Pin-Ju

Ciavarra, Richard

Cignetti, Alessandro

Clark, Richard

Cochran, Alistair

Cooper, Laurence

Copplestone, Adrian

Corbi, Angel

Correale, Pierpaolo

Coulie, Pierre

Cox, David

Cui, Guanglin

Cui, Zhengrong

Curiel, Tyler

Currie, Andrew

Czuczman, Myron

Dabbagh, Karim

Dang, Yushe

Das, Kakoli

Davis, Randall

De Visser, Karin

De Vries, I. Jolanda

Deaglio, Silvia

Debets, Reno

Deisseroth, Albert

Deissler, Helmut

Dennehy, Kevin-Michael

Derhovanessian, Evelyna

Dhodapkar, Kavita

Diebold, Sandra

Dimopoulos, Meletios

Doehn, Christian

Dohi, Taeko

Donev, Rossen

Dong, Haidong

Dorovini-Zis, Katerina

Dubinett, Steven

Duke-Cohan, Jonathan

Dunn, Gavin

Durrant, Lindy

Economou, James

Egilmez, Nejat

Eichmüller, Stefan

Einsele, Hermann

Eisenbach, Lea

El-Deiry, Wafik

Elkord, Eyad

Emens, Leisha

Epstein, Alan

Erickson, Loren

Ersvaer, Elisabeth

Evans, Sharon

Fabbro, Doriano

Fagnoni, Francesco

Falkenburg, J. H. Frederik

Farrell, Paul

Fassan, Matteo

Fattorossi, Andrea

Fazeli, Alireza

Fecci, Peter

Ferens-Sieczkowska, Miroslawa

Ferrini, Silvano

Ferris, Robert

Fibbe, Willem

Figdor, Carl

Finn, Olivera

Fleischer, Bernhard

Forni, Guido

Fox, Bernard

Franceschi, Claudio

Franzusoff, Alex

Freedman, Ralph

Freitas, Antonio

Fu, Shu-Ling

Fuchs, Dietmar

Fulton, Amy

Gajewski, Thomas

Gallo, James

Garbe, Claus

Garber, David

Gehl, Julie

George, Saby

Gerlo, Sarah

Germenis, Anastasios

Gervois, Nadine

Ghiringhelli, Francois

Gilboa, Eli

Gnjatic, Sasha

Golay, Josee

Goldschneider, Irving

Gomez-Navarro, Jesus

Gorelik, Elieser

Gorter, Arko

Gouttefangeas, Cécile

Gratchev, Alexei

Graus, Francesco

Gravekamp, Claudia

Green, Mark

Griffioen, Arjan

Griffith, Thomas

Grimm, Elizabeth

Grosse-Wilde, Hans

Gückel, Brigitte

Guinn, Barbara-ann

Gulley, James

Gupta, Sanjay

Gure, Ali

Hämmerling, Günter

Hammond, Timothy

Hanisch, Franz-Georg

Hara, Isao

Harmsen, Martin

Hatake, Kiyohiko

Haug, Ulrike

Hauschild, Axel

Hawkins, Robert

Heath, Andrew

Hegmans, Joost

Hellstrom, Ingegerd

Hellstrom, Karl

Herberman, Ronald

Herlyn, Dorothee

Herlyn, Meenhard

Herrmann, Jens

Herzenberg, Leonore

Higai, Koji

Higgins, Debbie

Hildebrandt, Gerhard

Hiroaka, Nobuyoshi

Ho, Mitchell

Hoekman, Klaas

Hohaus, Stefan

Hollingsworth, Michael

Holtkamp, Nikola

Homma, Sadamu

Honnorat, Jerome

Hou, Jian

Huang, Leaf

Huang, Shau-Ku

Huang, Xuefei

Hung, Chien-Fu

Hutson, Alan

Illidge, Timothy

Ishii, Naoto

Itoh, Kyogo

Jackson, Andrew

Jager, Martine

Jeddi-Tehrani, Mahmood

Jedema, Inge

Jensen-Jarolim, Erika

Jessup, Milburn

Jocham, Dieter

Johnson, Howard

Jung, Gundram

Kabelitz, Dieter

Kalthoff, Holger

Kaminski, Norbert

Kan-Mitchell, June

Karagiannis, Sophia

Kast, W. Martin

Kato, Kuzunori

Kaufman, Howard

Kawamoto, Hiroshi

Kieber-Emmons, Thomas

Kim, Hyung

Kim, Won Ho

Kimby, Eva

Kimura, Shinya

Kircheis, Ralf

Kirkwood, John

Kirschfink, Michael

Klampfer, Lidija

Knights, Ashley

Knutson, Keith

Kobayashi, Hirohito

Koike, Kazuhiko

Kono, Koji

Korangy, Firouzeh

Kozbor, Danuta

Kroemer, Guido

Kufe, Donald

Kuppen, Peter

Kyte, Jon Amund

Lamers, Cor

Larbi, Anis

Larmonier, Nicolas

Le Poole, Isabelle

Leamon, Chris

Lee, Jae

Leo, Oberdan

Leroy, Bruce

Letsch, Anne

Levine, Bruce

Levings, Megan

Li, Betty

Line, Aija

Linehan, David

Liu, Suhu

Liu, Yong

Lizee, Greg

Ljunggren, Hans-Gustaf

Lombardi, Giovanna

Longhi, Maria Serena

Lopez, Diana

Lopez, José Alejandro

Lopez-Botet, Miguel

Lopez-Nevot, Miguel

Loskog, Angelica

Lu, Yuanan

Lucignani, Giovanni

Luo, Guimin

Lustgarten, Josef

Ma, Zhengyu

Mackensen, Andreas

Maddern, Guy

Maio, Michele

Malavasi, Fabio

Malik, Hassan

Malmberg, Karl-Johan

Man, Stephen

Manjili, Masoud

Mantovani, Alberto

Margolin, Kim

Marme, Alexander

Märten, Angela

Martin, Lynn

Martino, Angelo

Massaia, Massimo

Massi, Daniela

Massoud, Tarik

Matta, Khushi

Mayordomo, Jose

Mc Kenzie, Edward

McArdle, Stéphanie

McCance, Dennis

McCarthy, James

McDonald, John

McIntosh, Christopher

McMillan, Donny

McNeel, Douglas

McNeish, Iain

Medina, Daniel

Melero, Ignacio

Melichar, Bohuslav

Meloni, Federica

Merrick, Alison

Miller, Jeffrey

Mineo, José

Miracco, Clelia

Missale, Gabriele

Mitchell, Malcolm

Modak, Shakeel

Mohty, Mohamad

Mollinedo, Faustino

Mongini, Patricia

Montagna, Daniela

Monzavi-Karbassi, Behjatolah

Mora, Rodrigo

Morandi, Fabio

Morita, Craig

Morse, Michael

Moser, Muriel

Müller, Claudia

Müller, Ludmila

Multhoff, Gabriele

Murphy, Amy

Murta, Eddie

Nabeshima, Kazuki

Nakagawa, Shionsaku

Nakamori, Mikito

Naumova, Elissaveta

Nemunaitis, John

Ness, Scott

Nicodemus, Christopher

Nishimura, Michael

Nishimura, Yasuharu

O′Day, Steven

Ochsenbein, Adrian

Ohtani, Haruo

Okada, Futoshi

Okada, Hideho

Olfest, John

Olive, Daniel

Onodera, Masafumi

Oosterwijk, Egbert

Orentas, Rimas

Otsuki, Takemi

Ottensmeier, Christian

Ovali, Ercument

Pajtasz-Piasecka, Elzbieta

Pan, Ping-Ying

Papamichail, Michael

Park, Hyun

Pascolo, Steve

Paterson, Yvonne

Pederson, Elena

Penichet, Manuel

Perales, Miguel-Angel

Perez, Sonia

Perreault, Claude

Perrotti, Danilo

Petraglia, Felice

Pietersz, Geoffrey

Pinto, Ligia

Pioli, Patricia

Pisarev, Vladimir

Pittet, Mikael J.

Platsoucas, Chris

Poggi, Alessandro

Pomara, Giorgio

Powis, Simon

Protti, Maria Pia

Provinciali, Mauro

Pullarkat, Vinod

Rabie, Bakr

Rakhmilevich, Alexander

Rameshwar, Pranela

Rauch, Ursula

Razack, Azad

Reichner, Jonathan

Reinartz, Silke

Repasky, Elizabeth

Reynolds, Paul

Reynolds, Sandra

Rhodus, Nelson

Riker, Adam

Rincon, Mercedes

Ritter, Gerd

Rivoltini, Licia

Romani, Nikolaus

Ronchese, Franca

Rose-John, Stefan

Rosenthal, Eben

Rotterud, Ranveig

Rubie, Claudia

Ruggeri, Loredana

Ruiz-Cabello, Francisco

Rutella, Sergio

Sacchini, Virgilio

Salmaggi, Andrea

Sampson, John

Sasagawa, Toshiyuki

Sato, Takami

Sautès-Fridman, Catherine

Sayers, Thomas

Scala, Stefania

Scharovsky, O. Graciela

Scheibenbogen, Carmen

Schendel, Dolores

Scheper, Rik J.

Schiavoni, Giovanna

Schirrmacher, Volker

Schmitt, Michael

Scholzen, Thomas

Schreiber, Hans

Schreiber, Robert

Schuler, Gerold

Schultze, Joachim

Scrable, Heidi

Sebastian, Manfred

Seliger, Barbara

Selvan, Senthamil

Selvaraj, Periasamy

Sharma, Padmanee

Sheldon, I. Martin

Shevach, Ethan

Shichijo, Shigeki

Shirwan, Haval

Shrikant, Protul

Shurin, Michael

Siccardi, Antonio

Sikora, Ewa

Sin, Jeong-Im

Singh, Rakesh

Skak, Kresten

Slingluff, Craig

Solana, Rafael

Sondel, Paul

Song, Xiaoyan

Sorg, Rüdiger

Speiser, Daniel

Spencer, David

Spendlove, Ian

Spolski, Rosanne

Sredni, Benjamin

Srivastava, Pramod

Srivenugopal, Kalkunte

Stagg, John

Stauss, Hans

Stearman, Robert

Steinle, Alexander

Steinman, Ralph

Stenzl, Arnulf

Stevanovic, Stefan

Stevens, Victoria

Stevenson, Freda

Stolz, Claudia

Stout, Robert

Strong, Theresa

Subbaramaiah, Kotha

Sun, Peter

Sun, Rui

Sunamura, Makoto

Sutter, Gerd

Svane, Inge Marie

Swartz, Melody

Szeberenyi, Jozsef

Sznol, Mario

Szollosi, Janos

Tagawa, Masatoshi

Tai, Yu-Tzu

Tani, Kenzaburo

Tarazona, Raquel

Tartour, Eric

Taylor, Ronald

Tedesco, Francesco

Teyton, Luc

Thamm, Douglas

Thery, Clotilde

Thoman, Marilyn

Thompson, John

thor Straten, Per

Thurnher, Martin

Toppo, Stefano

Tranberg, Karl

Trinchieri, Giorgio

Tsang, Kwong

Tsitsilonis, Ourania

Tsubouchi, Hirohito

Tuyaerts, Sandra

Tykodi, Scott

Ueno, Hideki

Ullrich, Stephen

Vallera, Daniel

Van Damme, Joszef

van den Eynde, Benoit

van der Bruggen, Pierre

van der Burg, Sjoerd

Van Ginderachter, Jo

van Gool, Stefaan

van Heemst, Diana

Van Tendeloo, Viggo

Visser, Jeroen

Voehringer, David

Vuk-Pavlovic, Stanimir

Wagner, Wolfgang

Wajant, Harald

Walczak, Henning

Walker, Edwin

Walker, Paul

Wang, Fu-Shen

Wang, Lihua

Wang, Qing

Wang, Xiang-Yang

Ward, Stephen

Watier, Hervé

Weber, Jeffrey

Wei, Wei-Zen

Wei, Yuquan

Weidanz, Jon

Weiner, George

Wels, Winfried

Wessels, Johannes

Wetzler, Meir

Wheeler, Christopher

Wieder, Thomas

Wiltrout, Robert

Wolchok, Jedd

Wolf, Anna Maria

Wu, Anna

Xiong, Huabao

Yamamoto, Hiroyuki

Yan, Wei-Hua

Yang, James

Yi, Qing

Yie, Shang-Mian

Yoshie, Osamu

Yu, Zhen-Kun

Zanetti, Maurizio

Zeis, Mathias

Zhang, Jianbing

Zhang, Xu

Zhou, Qing

Zippelius, Alfred

Zitvogel, Laurence

Zoeller, Margot

Zou, Weiping

Zuo, Jian-Ping