About the Authors

Yung-Kuo Lee

Affiliations Institute of Basic Medical Science, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, Department of Medical Laboratory Science and Biotechnology, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan

Tsung-Hsien Lin

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences and Technology, National University of Tainan, Tainan, Taiwan

Chuan-Fa Chang

affa@mail.ncku.edu.tw (CFC); yulilo@mail.nutn.edu.tw (YLL)

Affiliations Institute of Basic Medical Science, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, Department of Medical Laboratory Science and Biotechnology, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, Center of Infectious Disease and Signaling Research, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan

Yu-Li Lo

affa@mail.ncku.edu.tw (CFC); yulilo@mail.nutn.edu.tw (YLL)

Affiliations Department of Biological Sciences and Technology, National University of Tainan, Tainan, Taiwan, School of Pharmacy, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YKL THL CFC YLL. Performed the experiments: YKL THL. Analyzed the data: YKL THL CFC YLL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YKL THL. Wrote the manuscript: CFC YLL.