About the Authors

Hong-Ru Chen

Affiliation The Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan City, Taiwan

Yung-Chun Chuang

Affiliation Department of Medical Laboratory Science and Biotechnology, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan City, Taiwan

Yee-Shin Lin

Affiliations The Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan City, Taiwan, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan City, Taiwan

Hsiao-Sheng Liu

Affiliations The Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan City, Taiwan, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan City, Taiwan

Ching-Chuan Liu

Affiliations The Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan City, Taiwan, Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan City, Taiwan

Guey-Chuen Perng

Affiliations The Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan City, Taiwan, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan City, Taiwan

Trai-Ming Yeh

today@mail.ncku.edu.tw

Affiliations The Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan City, Taiwan, Department of Medical Laboratory Science and Biotechnology, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan City, Taiwan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HRC YCC YSL HSL CCL GCP TMY. Performed the experiments: HRC. Analyzed the data: HRC TMY. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YCC GCP. Wrote the paper: HRC TMY.