About the Authors

Shih-Hwa Chiou

shchiou@vghtpe.gov.tw

Affiliations Department of Medical Research and Education, Taipei Veterans General Hospital and National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, Institute of Oral Biology, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan

Chung-Lan Kao

Affiliations Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Taipei Veterans General Hospital and National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan

Yi-Wei Chen

Affiliations Cancer Center, Taipei Veterans General Hospital and National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan

Chien-Shu Chien

Affiliation Institute of Oral Biology, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan

Shih-Chieh Hung

Affiliations Department of Medical Research and Education, Taipei Veterans General Hospital and National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan

Jeng-Fan Lo

Affiliation Institute of Oral Biology, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan

Yann-Jang Chen

Affiliation VYM Genomic Research Center, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan

Hung-Hai Ku

Affiliation Institute of Anatomy and Cell Biology, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan

Ming-Ta Hsu

Affiliation VYM Genomic Research Center, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan

Tai-Tong Wong

Affiliations The Neurological Institute, Section of Neuropediatric Surgery, Taipei Veterans General Hospital and National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, VYM Genomic Research Center, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SC TW CK HK MH SH. Performed the experiments: CK YC YC SH JL. Analyzed the data: TW YC HK MH CC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YC JL. Wrote the paper: SC CC.