About the Authors

Kai-Yuan Lin

Contributed equally to this work with: Kai-Yuan Lin, Chein Tai

Affiliations Department of Medical Research, Chi-Mei Medical Center, Tainan, Taiwan, Department of Biotechnology, Chia Nan University of Pharmacy and Science, Tainan, Taiwan

Chein Tai

Contributed equally to this work with: Kai-Yuan Lin, Chein Tai

Affiliation Department of Biotechnology, Southern Taiwan University, Tainan, Taiwan

Jung-Chin Hsu

Affiliation Department of Medical Research, Chi-Mei Medical Center, Tainan, Taiwan

Chien-Feng Li

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Chi-Mei Medical Center, Tainan, Taiwan

Chia-Lang Fang

Affiliations Department of Pathology, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan, Department of Pathology, Taipei Municipal Wan Fang Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

Hsi-Chin Lai

Affiliation Department of Biotechnology, Southern Taiwan University, Tainan, Taiwan

You-Cheng Hseu

Affiliation Department of Cosmeceutics, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan

Yi-Feng Lin

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Chi-Mei Medical Center, Tainan, Taiwan

Yih-Huei Uen

d970712@mail.chimei.org.tw

Affiliations Department of Medical Research, Chi-Mei Medical Center, Tainan, Taiwan, Department of Surgery, Chi-Mei Medical Center, Tainan, Taiwan, Department of Electrical Engineering, Southern Taiwan University, Tainan, Taiwan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KYL CT YHU. Performed the experiments: JCH HCL YCH. Analyzed the data: KYL CT CFL CLF YHU. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YFL YHU. Wrote the manuscript: KYL YHU.