About the Authors

Jung-Sen Liu

Affiliation Department of Respiratory Therapy, Fu-Jen Catholic University, New Taipei, Taiwan

Fang Jung

Affiliation Department of Respiratory Therapy, Fu-Jen Catholic University, New Taipei, Taiwan

Shih-Hsing Yang

Affiliation Department of Respiratory Therapy, Fu-Jen Catholic University, New Taipei, Taiwan

Shang-Shing P. Chou

Affiliation Department of Chemistry, Fu-Jen Catholic University, New Taipei, Taiwan

Jhih-Liang Huang

Affiliation Department of Chemistry, Fu-Jen Catholic University, New Taipei, Taiwan

Chang-Lin Lu

Affiliation Department of Chemistry, Fu-Jen Catholic University, New Taipei, Taiwan

Guan-Lin Huang

Affiliation Department of Chemistry, Fu-Jen Catholic University, New Taipei, Taiwan

Pan-Chyr Yang

Affiliation School of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan

Jau-Chen Lin

Contributed equally to this work with: Jau-Chen Lin, Guey-Mei Jow

080659@mail.fju.edu.tw (JCL); 039666@mail.fju.edu.tw (GMJ)

Affiliation Department of Respiratory Therapy, Fu-Jen Catholic University, New Taipei, Taiwan

Guey-Mei Jow

Contributed equally to this work with: Jau-Chen Lin, Guey-Mei Jow

080659@mail.fju.edu.tw (JCL); 039666@mail.fju.edu.tw (GMJ)

Affiliation School of Medicine, Fu-Jen Catholic University, New Taipei, Taiwan

Competing Interests

Co-author Pan-Chyr Yang is a PLOS ONE Editorial Board member. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SSPC PCY JCL GMJ. Performed the experiments: JSL FJ SHY JLH CLL GLH. Analyzed the data: JSL JCL GMJ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JLH CLL GLH. Wrote the paper: PCY JCL GMJ.