About the Authors

Chi-Cheng Lu

Affiliation Department of Life Sciences, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan

Jai-Sing Yang

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan

Jo-Hua Chiang

Affiliation Department of Life Sciences, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan

Mann-Jen Hour

Affiliation School of Pharmacy, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan

Kuei-Li Lin

Affiliation Department of Radiation Oncology, Chi Mei Medical Center, Tainan, Taiwan

Jen-Jyh Lin

Affiliations Graduate Institute of Chinese Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan, Division of Cardiology, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan

Wen-Wen Huang

Affiliation Department of Biological Science and Technology, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan

Minoru Tsuzuki

Affiliations Department of Biochemistry, Nihon Pharmaceutical University, Saitama, Japan, Tsuzuki Institute for Traditional Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan

Tsung-Han Lee

Contributed equally to this work with: Tsung-Han Lee, Jing-Gung Chung

jgchung@mail.cmu.edu.tw (JGC); thlee@dragon.nchu.edu.tw (THL)

Affiliations Department of Life Sciences, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan, Department of Biological Science and Technology, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan

Jing-Gung Chung

Contributed equally to this work with: Tsung-Han Lee, Jing-Gung Chung

jgchung@mail.cmu.edu.tw (JGC); thlee@dragon.nchu.edu.tw (THL)

Affiliations Department of Biological Science and Technology, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan, Department of Biotechnology, Asia University, Taichung, Taiwan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CCL JSY THL JGC. Performed the experiments: CCL JSY JHC. Analyzed the data: CCL JSY JHC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MJH KLL JJL WWH MT. Wrote the paper: CCL JGC.