About the Authors

Chi-Hao Chang

Affiliation Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Yang Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan

Jian-Ri Li

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Division of Urology, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan

Kuo-Hsiung Shu

Affiliations Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, School of Medicine, Chung-Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan

Yun-Ching Fu

Affiliations Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Yang Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, Department of Pediatrics, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan

Ming-Ju Wu

*E-mail: wmj530@gmail.com

Affiliations Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Yang Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, School of Medicine, Chung-Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan, Graduate Institute of Clinical Medical Science, School of Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan, Institute of Biomedical Science, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CHC KHS YCF MJW. Performed the experiments: CHC JRL. Analyzed the data: CHC JRL MJW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CHC JRL MJW. Wrote the manuscript: CHC MJW.