About the Authors

Chang-Chieh Chen

Contributed equally to this work with: Chang-Chieh Chen, Sheng-Hui Tsai

Affiliation Green Energy and Environment Research Laboratories, Industrial Technology Research Institute, Chutung, Hsinchu, Taiwan, Republic of China

Sheng-Hui Tsai

Contributed equally to this work with: Chang-Chieh Chen, Sheng-Hui Tsai

Affiliation Institute of Microbiology and Immunology, School of Life Science, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China

Chia-Chen Lu

Affiliation Department of Respiratory Therapy, Fu Jen Catholic University, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China

Shiau-Ting Hu

Affiliations Institute of Microbiology and Immunology, School of Life Science, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China

Ting-Shu Wu

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Graduate Institute of Clinical Medical Sciences, Chang Gung University, Kweishan, Taoyuan, Taiwan, Republic of China

Tsung-Teng Huang

Affiliations Center for Molecular and Clinical Immunology, Chang Gung University, Kweishan, Taoyuan, Taiwan, Republic of China, Department of Medical Biotechnology and Laboratory Sciences, Chang Gung University, Kweishan, Taoyuan, Taiwan, Republic of China, Laboratory of Nanomaterials, Chang Gung University, Kweishan, Taoyuan, Taiwan, Republic of China, Research Center of Bacterial Pathogenesis, Chang Gung University, Kweishan, Taoyuan, Taiwan, Republic of China

Najwane Saïd-Sadier

Affiliation Health Sciences Research Institute and School of Natural Sciences, University of California Merced, Merced, California, United States of America

David M. Ojcius

Affiliations Center for Molecular and Clinical Immunology, Chang Gung University, Kweishan, Taoyuan, Taiwan, Republic of China, Health Sciences Research Institute and School of Natural Sciences, University of California Merced, Merced, California, United States of America

Hsin-Chih Lai

hclai@mail.cgu.edu.tw

Affiliations Center for Molecular and Clinical Immunology, Chang Gung University, Kweishan, Taoyuan, Taiwan, Republic of China, Department of Medical Biotechnology and Laboratory Sciences, Chang Gung University, Kweishan, Taoyuan, Taiwan, Republic of China, Research Center of Bacterial Pathogenesis, Chang Gung University, Kweishan, Taoyuan, Taiwan, Republic of China

Competing Interests

The authors have read the journal's policy and have the following conflicts: Dr. David Ojcius is a member of the PLoS ONE editorial board. 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: CCC DMO HCL. Performed the experiments: CCC SHT. Analyzed the data: CCC SHT DMO HCL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CCL STH TSW TTH NSS. Wrote the paper: CCC SHT DMO HCL.