About the Authors
- Chang-Chieh Chen
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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
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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
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Affiliation Department of Respiratory Therapy, Fu Jen Catholic University, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China
- Shiau-Ting Hu
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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
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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
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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
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Affiliation Health Sciences Research Institute and School of Natural Sciences, University of California Merced, Merced, California, United States of America
- David M. Ojcius
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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
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* E-mail: 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.