About the Authors

Shu-Jen Chen

Affiliations Department of Life Science, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan, Republic of China, Molecular Medicine Research Center, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan, Republic of China

Gian-Hung Chen

Affiliation Department of Life Science, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan, Republic of China

Yi-Hsuan Chen

Affiliation Department of Life Science, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan, Republic of China

Cheng-Yuan Liu

Affiliation Molecular Medicine Research Center, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan, Republic of China

Kai-Ping Chang

Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital at Lin-Kou, Taoyuan, Taiwan, Republic of China

Yu-Sun Chang

Affiliation Molecular Medicine Research Center, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan, Republic of China

Hua-Chien Chen

hcchen@mail.cgu.edu.tw

Affiliations Department of Life Science, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan, Republic of China, Molecular Medicine Research Center, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan, Republic of China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SJC HCC. Performed the experiments: GHC YHC HCC. Analyzed the data: SJC CYL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KPC YSC. Wrote the paper: SJC HCC.