About the Authors

Yu-Cheng Chang

Affiliation Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan

Ming-Han Tsai

Affiliation Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan

Wayne Huey-Herng Sheu

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan

Shu-Chen Hsieh

Affiliation Institute of Food Science and Technology, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan

An-Na Chiang

anchia@ym.edu.tw

Affiliation Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MHT ANC. Performed the experiments: YCC MHT WHHS SCH. Analyzed the data: YCC MHT WHHS SCH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: WHHS SCH ANC. Wrote the manuscript: YCC MHT ANC. Gave final approval of the manuscript: ANC.