Dear Colleagues, On behalf of all the authors, we sincerely thank the assistant editor, editor, peer reviewers, editorial director, editor-in-chief, language editor and production editor for their work, which helped improve the quality of our article and contributed to the development of the journal. We are grateful for your strict, yet attentive, supportive approach and friendly attitude — this is especially valuable to the scientific community. We hope that the new hypothesis on the pathogenesis of primary sclerosing cholangitis, presented in our article, will resonate with the journal’s readers and contribute to the further promotion of the not only publication, but also journal. With kind regards, on behalf of the authors Vasiliy Reshetnyak