About the Authors
- Jia-Yih Feng
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Affiliations Department of Chest Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Shipai Road, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C, Institute of Clinical Medicine, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Linong Street, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C
- Kuan-Ting Liu
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Affiliations Taipei City Hospital, Zhongxiao Branch, Tung Teh Road, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C
- Edward Abraham
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Affiliation Wake Forest School of Medicine, Medical Center Boulevard, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States of America
- Cheng-Yu Chen
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Affiliations School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C, Section of Chest Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, National Yang-Ming University Hospital, Ilan, Taiwan, ROC
- Po-Yi Tsai
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Affiliations School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
- Yu-Chun Chen
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Affiliations School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C, Department of Medical Research and Education, National Yang-Ming University Hospital, I-Lan, Taiwan, R.O.C
- Yu-Chin Lee
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Affiliations Department of Chest Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Shipai Road, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C
- Kuang-Yao Yang
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* E-mail: kyyang@vghtpe.gov.tw
Affiliations Department of Chest Medicine, Immunology Center, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Shipai Road, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C, Immunity and Inflammation Research Center, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Linong Street, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: K-YY J-YF. Performed the experiments: K-YY K-TL C-YC J-YF. Analyzed the data: K-YY J-YF Y-CC P-YT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: K-YY K-TL C-YC J-YF. Wrote the paper: K-YY J-YF Y-CL EA.