About the Authors

Li-Jen Su

Affiliation Institute of Systems Biology and Bioinformatics, National Central University, Jhongli City, Taiwan

Chia-Chuan Chang

Affiliation Division of Medicinal Chemistry, National Research Institute of Chinese Medicine, Taipei City, Taiwan

Chih-Hsueh Yang

Affiliation Department of Education and Research, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung City, Taiwan

Shur-Jong Hsieh

Affiliation Department of Education and Research, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung City, Taiwan

Yi-Chin Wu

Affiliation Department of Education and Research, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung City, Taiwan

Jin-Mei Lai

Affiliation Department of Life Science, Fu Jen Catholic University, Taipei County, Taiwan

Tzu-Ling Tseng

Affiliation Biomarker Technology Development Division, Biomedical Technology and Device Research Labs, Industrial Technology Research Institute, Hsinchu, Taiwan

Chi-Ying F. Huang

h2326@vghtc.gov.tw (SLH); cyhuang5@ym.edu.tw (CYH)

Affiliation Institute of Biopharmaceutical Sciences, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan

Shih-Lan Hsu

h2326@vghtc.gov.tw (SLH); cyhuang5@ym.edu.tw (CYH)

Affiliation Department of Education and Research, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung City, Taiwan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LJS CYH SLH. Performed the experiments: CHY SJH. Analyzed the data: CCC YCW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JML TLT. Wrote the paper: LJS SLH.