About the Authors

Ming-Ling Chang

Affiliations Liver Research Center and Department of Hepato-Gastroenterology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linko, Taiwan, Graduate Institute of Clinical Medical Sciences, Chang Gung University, College of Medicine, Linko, Taiwan

Yu-Jr Lin

Affiliation Resource Center for Clinical Research, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linko, Taiwan

Chee-Jen Chang

Affiliation Resource Center for Clinical Research, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linko, Taiwan

Charisse Yeh

Affiliation Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy, La Canada, Flintridge, California, United States of America

Tse-Ching Chen

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

Ta-Sen Yeh

Affiliation Division of General Surgery, Department of Surgery, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

Wei-Chen Lee

Affiliation Division of General Surgery, Department of Surgery, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

Chau-Ting Yeh

chautingy@gmail.com

Affiliation Liver Research Center and Department of Hepato-Gastroenterology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linko, Taiwan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CTY. Performed the experiments: MLC TCC TSY WCL. Analyzed the data: MLC CTY. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YJL CJC CY. Wrote the paper: MLC CTY.