About the Authors
- Ko-Lin Kuo
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Affiliations Department and Institute of Physiology, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, School of Medicine, Tzu Chi University, Hualien, Taiwan, Division of Nephrology, Buddhist Tzu Chi General Hospital, Taipei Branch, Taipei, Taiwan
- Szu-Chun Hung
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Affiliations School of Medicine, Tzu Chi University, Hualien, Taiwan, Division of Nephrology, Buddhist Tzu Chi General Hospital, Taipei Branch, Taipei, Taiwan
- Yao-Ping Lin
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Affiliation Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine and Immunology Centre, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
- Ching-Fang Tang
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Affiliation Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine and Immunology Centre, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
- Tzong-Shyuan Lee
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Affiliation Department and Institute of Physiology, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
- Chih-Pei Lin
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* E-mail: cplin@vghtpe.gov.tw (C-PL); dctarng@vghtpe.gov.tw (D-CT)
Affiliations Department of Biotechnology and Laboratory Science in Medicine and Institute of Biotechnology in Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, Division of General Laboratory, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
- Der-Cherng Tarng
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* E-mail: cplin@vghtpe.gov.tw (C-PL); dctarng@vghtpe.gov.tw (D-CT)
Affiliations Department and Institute of Physiology, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine and Immunology Centre, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: K-LK D-CT. Performed the experiments: K-LK S-CH Y-PL C-FT D-CT. Analyzed the data: K-LK D-CT Y-PL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: Y-PL C-FT T-SL C-PL. Wrote the paper: K-LK S-CH. Reviewed and edited the manuscript: D-CT.