About the Authors

Ming-Yuh Shiau

Affiliation Hungkuang University, Taichung, Taiwan, Republic of China

Li-Ching Fan

Contributed equally to this work with: Li-Ching Fan, Shun-Chun Yang, Chang-Hui Tsao

Affiliation Institute of Medical & Molecular Toxicology, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan, Republic of China

Shun-Chun Yang

Contributed equally to this work with: Li-Ching Fan, Shun-Chun Yang, Chang-Hui Tsao

Affiliation School of Medical Laboratory and Biotechnology, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan, Republic of China

Chang-Hui Tsao

Contributed equally to this work with: Li-Ching Fan, Shun-Chun Yang, Chang-Hui Tsao

Affiliation Graduate Institute of Life Sciences, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China

Huei Lee

Affiliation Graduate Institute of Cancer Biology and Drug Discovery, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China

Ya-Wen Cheng

Affiliation Graduate Institute of Cancer Biology and Drug Discovery, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China

Li-Chuan Lai

Affiliation School of Medical Laboratory and Biotechnology, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan, Republic of China

Yih-Hsin Chang

cyh@ym.edu.tw

Affiliation Department of Biotechnology and Laboratory Science in Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Substantial contributions to conception and design of the work, acquisition of data, or analysis and interpretation of data: MYS LCF SCY CHT HL YWC LCL YHC. Drafting the article or revising it critically for important intellectual content: MYS YHC. Final approval of the version to be published: MYS YHC . Conceived and designed the experiments: MYS SCY CHT HL YWC YHC. Performed the experiments: MYS LCF SCY CHT LCL. Analyzed the data: MYS LCF SCY CHT HL YWC LCL YHC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MYS LCF SCY CHT HL YWC LCL YHC. Wrote the paper: MYS YHC.

. Conceived and designed the experiments: MYS SCY CHT HL YWC YHC. Performed the experiments: MYS LCF SCY CHT LCL. Analyzed the data: MYS LCF SCY CHT HL YWC LCL YHC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MYS LCF SCY CHT HL YWC LCL YHC. Wrote the paper: MYS YHC.