About the Authors

Chia-Lin Ho

Affiliation Institute of Microbiology and Immunology, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan

Chih-Yung Yang

Affiliations Institute of Microbiology and Immunology, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, Department of Education and Research, Taipei City Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

Wen-Jie Lin

Affiliation Institute of Microbiology and Immunology, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan

Chi-Hung Lin

linch@ym.edu.tw

Affiliation Institute of Microbiology and Immunology, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CLH CHL. Performed the experiments: CLH. Analyzed the data: CLH CYY CHL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CLH WJL CHL. Wrote the paper: CLH.