About the Authors

Chia-Cheng Yu

Affiliations Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Department of Pharmacy, Tajen University, Pingtung, Taiwan, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan

Shu-Pin Huang

Affiliations Department of Urology, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Department of Urology, Faculty of Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Cancer Center, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Yung-Chin Lee

Affiliations Department of Urology, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Department of Urology, Faculty of Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Chao-Yuan Huang

Affiliation Department of Urology, National Taiwan University Hospital, College of Medicine National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan

Chia-Chu Liu

Affiliations Department of Urology, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Department of Urology, Faculty of Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Tzyh-Chyuan Hour

Affiliation Institute of Biochemistry, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Chun-Nung Huang

Affiliations Department of Urology, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Department of Urology, Faculty of Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Bang-Jau You

Affiliation Department of Chinese Medicine Resources, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan

Ta-Yuan Chang

Affiliation Department of Occupational Safety and Health, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan

Chun-Hsiung Huang

Affiliations Department of Urology, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Department of Urology, Faculty of Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Bo-Ying Bao

bao@mail.cmu.edu.tw

Affiliations Department of Pharmacy, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan, Sex Hormone Research Center, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CCY SPH CYH BYB. Performed the experiments: YCL CCL TCH CNH BJY TYC CHH. Analyzed the data: TCH BJY TYC BYB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CCY SPH YCL CYH CCL CNH CHH. Wrote the paper: CCY SPH CYH BYB.