About the Authors

Chia-Chun Lin

Affiliation Institute of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan

Jiin-Cherng Yen

Affiliation Institute of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan

Yu-Tse Wu

Affiliations Institute of Traditional Medicine, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, Department of Education and Research, Taipei City Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

Lie-Chwen Lin

Affiliations Institute of Traditional Medicine, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, National Research Institute of Chinese Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan

Tung-Hu Tsai

thtsai@ym.edu.tw

Affiliations Institute of Traditional Medicine, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, Graduate Institute of Acupuncture Science, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan, Department of Education and Research, Taipei City Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CCL THT. Performed the experiments: CCL JCY YTW LCL. Analyzed the data: CCL THT. Wrote the paper: CCL THT.