About the Authors

Chi-Hui Cheng

pedneph.cheng@msa.hinet.net

Affiliations Division of Pediatric Nephrology, Department of Pediatrics, Chang Gung Children’s Hospital, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan

Yun-Shien Lee

Affiliations Genomic Medicine Research Core Laboratory (GMRCL), Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan, Department of Biotechnology, Ming-Chuan University, Taoyuan, Taiwan

Chee-Jen Chang

Affiliation Statistical Center for Clinical Research, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan

Tzou-Yien Lin

Affiliations College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan, Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Chang Gung Children’s Hospital, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CHC YSL TYL. Performed the experiments: CHC YSL. Analyzed the data: CHC YSL CJC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CHC YSL CJC. Wrote the paper: CHC.