About the Authors

Yen Chu

Contributed equally to this work with: Yen Chu, Chien-Ying Liu

Affiliation Department of Thoracic Surgery, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan

Chien-Ying Liu

Contributed equally to this work with: Yen Chu, Chien-Ying Liu

Affiliation Department of Thoracic Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan

Yi-Cheng Wu

Affiliation Department of Thoracic Surgery, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan

Ming-Ju Hsieh

Affiliation Department of Thoracic Surgery, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan

Tzu-Ping Chen

Affiliation Department of Thoracic Surgery, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan

Ying-Kai Chao

Affiliation Department of Thoracic Surgery, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan

Ching-Yang Wu

Affiliation Department of Thoracic Surgery, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan

Hsu-Chia Yuan

Affiliation Laboratory Animal Center, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan

Po-Jen Ko

Affiliation Department of Thoracic Surgery, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan

Yun-Hen Liu

foreverairmail@gmail.com (Y-HL); zebraairmail@gmail.com (H-PL)

Affiliation Department of Thoracic Surgery, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan

Hui-Ping Liu

foreverairmail@gmail.com (Y-HL); zebraairmail@gmail.com (H-PL)

Affiliation Department of Thoracic Surgery, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YC CYL YCW YHL HPL. Performed the experiments: YC HCY CYW MJH TPC PJK YHL. Analyzed the data: CYL MJH YKC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CYL MJH YKC. Wrote the paper: YC CYL YHL. Supervision and coordination of project: YC YHL HPL.