About the Authors

Yi-Hsun Huang

Affiliations Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Medical College, Tainan, Taiwan, Department of Ophthalmology, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan

Ching-Chang I

Affiliations Cardiovascular Research Center, National Cheng Kung University Medical College, Tainan, Taiwan, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, National Cheng Kung University Medical College, Tainan, Taiwan

Cheng-Hsiang Kuo

Affiliations Cardiovascular Research Center, National Cheng Kung University Medical College, Tainan, Taiwan, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, National Cheng Kung University Medical College, Tainan, Taiwan

Yun-Yan Hsu

Affiliations Cardiovascular Research Center, National Cheng Kung University Medical College, Tainan, Taiwan, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, National Cheng Kung University Medical College, Tainan, Taiwan

Fang-Tzu Lee

Affiliations Cardiovascular Research Center, National Cheng Kung University Medical College, Tainan, Taiwan, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, National Cheng Kung University Medical College, Tainan, Taiwan

Guey-Yueh Shi

Affiliations Cardiovascular Research Center, National Cheng Kung University Medical College, Tainan, Taiwan, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, National Cheng Kung University Medical College, Tainan, Taiwan

Sung-Huei Tseng

Affiliations Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Medical College, Tainan, Taiwan, Department of Ophthalmology, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan

Hua-Lin Wu

jackhyh@gmail.com

Affiliations Cardiovascular Research Center, National Cheng Kung University Medical College, Tainan, Taiwan, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, National Cheng Kung University Medical College, Tainan, Taiwan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YHH GYS HLW. Performed the experiments: CCI CHK YHH FTL. Analyzed the data: YHH CCI CHK GYS SHT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CCI CHK YHH. Wrote the paper: YHH CCI CHK YYH.