About the Authors

Ting Ruan

Affiliations School of Medicine, Fu Jen Catholic University, New Taipei City, Taiwan, Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan

Yu-Jung Lin

Affiliation Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan

Tien-Huan Hsu

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Medicine, National Chung-Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan

Shing-Hwa Lu

Affiliation Department of Urology, Taipei City Hospital, Zhong-Xiao Branch, Taipei, Taiwan

Guey-Mei Jow

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

Yu Ru Kou

yrkou@ym.edu.tw

Affiliation Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TR YRK. Performed the experiments: TR YJL THH SHL GMJ. Analyzed the data: TR YJL THH SHL GMJ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TR YJL THH SHL GMJ YRK. Wrote the paper: TR YJL YRK.