About the Authors

Chih-Chieh Chen

Contributed equally to this work with: Chih-Chieh Chen, Tze-Kiong Er

Affiliation Institute of Bioinformatics and Systems Biology, National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan

Tze-Kiong Er

Contributed equally to this work with: Chih-Chieh Chen, Tze-Kiong Er

Affiliations Division of Molecular Diagnostics, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Graduate Institute of Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Department of Medical Laboratory Science and Biotechnology, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Yen-Yi Liu

Affiliation Institute of Bioinformatics and Systems Biology, National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan

Jenn-Kang Hwang

Affiliation Institute of Bioinformatics and Systems Biology, National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan

Maria Jesus Barrio

Affiliation Servicio de Oncología, Hospital General Yagüe, Burgos, Spain

Maximiliano Rodrigo

Affiliation Servicio de Anatomía Patológica, Hospital General Yagüe, Burgos, Spain

Enrique Garcia-Toro

Affiliation Servicio de Anatomía Patológica, Hospital General Yagüe, Burgos, Spain

Marta Herreros-Villanueva

martahvh1978@hotmail.com

Affiliation Unidad de Investigación, Hospital General Yagüe, Burgos, Spain

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CCC TKE JKH MJB MR EGT MHV. Performed the experiments: CCC TKE MHV. Analyzed the data: CCC TKE YYL JKH MJB MR EGT MHV. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CCC MHV. Wrote the paper: CCC TKE YYL JKH MJB MR EGT MHV.