About the Authors

Te-Chao Fang

fangtechao@yahoo.com.tw

Affiliations Institute of Medical Sciences, Tzu Chi University, Hualien, Taiwan, Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Buddhist Tzu Chi General Hospital, Hualien, Taiwan, School of Medicine, Tzu Chi University, Hualien, Taiwan

Cheng-Yoong Pang

Affiliations Institute of Medical Sciences, Tzu Chi University, Hualien, Taiwan, Department of Medical Research, Buddhist Tzu-Chi General Hospital, Hualien, Taiwan

Sheng-Chun Chiu

Affiliations Institute of Medical Sciences, Tzu Chi University, Hualien, Taiwan, Department of Medical Research, Buddhist Tzu-Chi General Hospital, Hualien, Taiwan

Dah-Ching Ding

Affiliations Institute of Medical Sciences, Tzu Chi University, Hualien, Taiwan, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Buddhist Tzu Chi General Hospital, Hualien, Taiwan

Rong-Kung Tsai

Affiliations Institute of Medical Sciences, Tzu Chi University, Hualien, Taiwan, Department of Ophthalmology, Buddhist Tzu Chi General Hospital, Hualien, Taiwan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TCF. Performed the experiments: TCF CYP SCC. Analyzed the data: TCF CYP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TCF CYP DCD RKT. Wrote the paper: TCF.