About the Authors

Ho-Chang Kuo

Affiliations Division of Allergy, Immunology and Rheumatology, Department of Pediatrics and Clinical Genomic & Proteomic Core laboratory, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital-Kaohsiung Medical Center, Taiwan., Graduate Institute of Clinical Medical Science, Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Kuender D. Yang

Affiliations Division of Allergy, Immunology and Rheumatology, Department of Pediatrics and Clinical Genomic & Proteomic Core laboratory, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital-Kaohsiung Medical Center, Taiwan., Graduate Institute of Clinical Medical Science, Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Suh-Hang Hank Juo

Affiliations Department of Medical Genetics, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Cancer Center, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Chi-Di Liang

Affiliation Division of Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital-Kaohsiung Medical Center, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Wei-Chiao Chen

Affiliation Department of Medical Genetics, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Yu-Shiuan Wang

Affiliation Department of Medical Genetics, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Chih-Hung Lee

Affiliation Department of Dermatology, Graduate Institute of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Edward Hsi

Affiliation Graduate Institute of Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Hong-Ren Yu

Affiliations Division of Allergy, Immunology and Rheumatology, Department of Pediatrics and Clinical Genomic & Proteomic Core laboratory, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital-Kaohsiung Medical Center, Taiwan., Graduate Institute of Clinical Medical Science, Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Peng-Yeong Woon

Affiliation Department of Molecular Biology and Human Genetics, Tzu Chi University, Hualien, Taiwan

I-Chun Lin

Affiliation Division of Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital-Kaohsiung Medical Center, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Chien-Fu Huang

Affiliation Division of Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital-Kaohsiung Medical Center, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Daw-Yang Hwang

Affiliation Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Chiu-Ping Lee

Affiliation Division of Allergy, Immunology and Rheumatology, Department of Pediatrics and Clinical Genomic & Proteomic Core laboratory, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital-Kaohsiung Medical Center, Taiwan.

Li-Yan Lin

Affiliation Division of Allergy, Immunology and Rheumatology, Department of Pediatrics and Clinical Genomic & Proteomic Core laboratory, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital-Kaohsiung Medical Center, Taiwan.

Wei-Pin Chang

wcc@kmu.edu.tw (W-CC); wpchang@mail.ypu.edu.tw (W-PC)

Affiliation Department of Healthcare Management, Yuanpei University, HsinChu, Taiwan

Wei-Chiao Chang

wcc@kmu.edu.tw (W-CC); wpchang@mail.ypu.edu.tw (W-PC)

Affiliations Department of Medical Genetics, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Center of Excellence for Environmental Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Cancer Center, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: H-CK K-DY S-HHJ W-CC. Performed the experiments: H-CK W-CC Y-CW C-HL D-YH. Analyzed the data: E-H HR-Y P-YW I-CL C-FH C-PL W-PC W-CC. Wrote the paper: H-CK W-PC W-CC.