title: 15 years on the Editorial Board of PEPTIDES.
abstract: In this article, part of an issue of PEPTIDES celebrating the many years of dedication of Dr. A.J. Kastin as Editor-in-Chief of the journal, I describe how I first met him and how our friendship and collaboration developed. In 1970 I joined Dr. A.V. Schally's team at the Endocrine and Polypeptide Laboratories of Tulane University and the V.A. Hospital and it was at that time that I met Dr. Kastin for the first time. In 1984 I joined Dr. Schally's team for the second time and I began publishing part of my research findings in PEPTIDES. Afterward many more results from the research work were also published in PEPTIDES. I became a member of the Editorial Board of the same journal in 1999. It was going to be a very interesting experience. Some of my observations as a reviewer for PEPTIDES are described in the present article. Finally, I expressed my warmest congratulations to Dr. A.J. Kastin for the outstanding job that he carried out as Editor-in-Chief of PEPTIDES.
authors: Carbondale, IL, United States. Electronic address: ldebelju@siu.edu.
authors: Luciano
authors: L
authors: Debeljuk
mesh_terms: D000846:Anniversaries and Special Events; D001671:Biochemistry / Q000266:history; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006801:Humans; D010455:Peptides; D010506:Periodicals as Topic
chemical_list: D010455:Peptides
keywords: Dr. A.J. Kastin; GnRH; PEPTIDES; Tachykinins