About the Authors

James Cheng-Chung Wei

Affiliations Division of Allergy, Immunology and Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Chung Shan Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, Institute of Medicine, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan

Kuo-Sheng Hung

Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, Center of Excellence for Clinical Trial and Research, Graduate Institute of Injury Prevention and Control, Taipei Medical University, Wan Fang Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan

Yu-Wen Hsu

Affiliation Department of Clinical Pharmacy, School of Pharmacy, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan

Ruey-Hong Wong

Affiliation Department of Public Health, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan

Chun-Huang Huang

Affiliation Institute of Medicine, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan

Ming-Shiou Jan

Affiliation Institute of Microbiology and Immunology, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan

Shyh-Jong Wu

Affiliation Department of Medical Laboratory Science and Biotechnology, College of Health Sciences, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Yung-Shun Juan

Affiliation Department of Urology, Kaohsiung municipal Hsiao-Kang Hospital and College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Wei-Chiao Chang

wcc@tmu.edu.tw

Affiliations Department of Clinical Pharmacy, School of Pharmacy, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan, Department of Pharmacy, Taipei Medical University-Wanfang Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JW KH YH HW WC. Performed the experiments: YH CH MJ SW. Analyzed the data: YH CH YJ KH HW WC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: WC YJ JW KH. Wrote the paper: WC HW JW YH.