About the Authors

Ru-Huei Fu

rhfu@mail.cmu.edu.tw (RHF); shinnzong@yahoo.com.tw (SRL)

Affiliations Graduate Institute of Immunology, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan, Center for Neuropsychiatry, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan

Yu-Chi Wang

Affiliation Biomedical Technology and Device Research Laboratories, Industrial Technology Research Institute, Hsinchu, Taiwan

Shih-Ping Liu

Affiliations Center for Neuropsychiatry, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, Graduate Institute of Basic Medical Science, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan

Ching-Liang Chu

Affiliation Graduate Institute of Immunology, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan

Rong-Tzong Tsai

Affiliation Institute of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan

Yu-Chen Ho

Affiliation Graduate Institute of Immunology, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan

Wen-Lin Chang

Affiliation Graduate Institute of Immunology, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan

Shao-Chih Chiu

Affiliations Graduate Institute of Immunology, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan, Center for Neuropsychiatry, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan

Horng-Jyh Harn

Affiliation Center for Neuropsychiatry, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan

Woei-Cherng Shyu

Affiliations Graduate Institute of Immunology, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan, Center for Neuropsychiatry, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan

Shinn-Zong Lin

rhfu@mail.cmu.edu.tw (RHF); shinnzong@yahoo.com.tw (SRL)

Affiliations Graduate Institute of Immunology, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan, Center for Neuropsychiatry, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, China Medical University Beigang Hospital, Yunlin, Taiwan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RHF SZL. Performed the experiments: YCW YCH WLC. Analyzed the data: RHF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SPL CLC RTT SCC HJH WCS. Wrote the paper: RHF.