About the Authors

Hui-Jen Tsai

Affiliations National Institute of Cancer Research, National Health Research Institutes, Tainan, Taiwan, Department of Internal Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Graduate Institute of Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Chun-Chieh Wu

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Chia-Rung Tsai

Affiliation National Institute of Cancer Research, National Health Research Institutes, Tainan, Taiwan

Sheng-Fung Lin

jeffreychang@nhri.org.tw (JSC); leochen@nhri.org.tw (LTC); shlin@cc.kmu.edu.tw (SFL)

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Li-Tzong Chen

jeffreychang@nhri.org.tw (JSC); leochen@nhri.org.tw (LTC); shlin@cc.kmu.edu.tw (SFL)

Affiliations National Institute of Cancer Research, National Health Research Institutes, Tainan, Taiwan, Department of Internal Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Institute of Molecular Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan

Jeffrey. S. Chang

jeffreychang@nhri.org.tw (JSC); leochen@nhri.org.tw (LTC); shlin@cc.kmu.edu.tw (SFL)

Affiliation National Institute of Cancer Research, National Health Research Institutes, Tainan, Taiwan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HJT CCW CRT SFL LTC JSC. Analyzed the data: HJT CRT JSC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HJT CRT JSC. Wrote the manuscript: HJT CCW CRT SFL LTC JSC. Interpreted the results: HJT CCW CRT SFL LTC JSC.