About the Authors

Yin-Hung Chu

Affiliation Institute of Medicine, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan

Ming-Ju Hsieh

Affiliations Institute of Medicine, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan, Cancer Research Center, Changhua Christian Hospital, Changhua, Taiwan

Hui-Ling Chiou

Affiliation School of Medical Laboratory and Biotechnology, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan

Yi-Sheng Liou

Affiliations Department of Family Medicine, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, Department of Public Health, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan

Chen-Chieh Yang

Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Mennonite Christian Hospital, Hualien, Taiwan

Shun-Fa Yang

ysf@csmu.edu.tw (S-FY); wuhsienku@gmail.com (W-HK)

Affiliations Institute of Medicine, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan, Department of Medical Research, Chung Shan Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan

Wu-Hsien Kuo

ysf@csmu.edu.tw (S-FY); wuhsienku@gmail.com (W-HK)

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Armed-Force Taichung General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YHC WHK. Performed the experiments: SFY MJH. Analyzed the data: HLC YSL CCY. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SFY WHK. Wrote the paper: YHC WHK.