About the Authors

Yih-Jeng Tsai

Affiliations Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Shin Kong Wu Ho-Su Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Department of Chemistry, Graduate Institute of Applied Science and Engineering, College of Science and Engineering, Fu-Jen Catholic University, New Taipei City, Taiwan, Graduate Institute of Basic Medicine, Fu-Jen Catholic University, New Taipei City, Taiwan, School of Medicine, Fu-Jen Catholic University, New Taipei City, Taiwan

Sheng-Po Hao

Affiliations Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Shin Kong Wu Ho-Su Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, School of Medicine, Fu-Jen Catholic University, New Taipei City, Taiwan

Chih-Li Chen

Affiliation School of Medicine, Fu-Jen Catholic University, New Taipei City, Taiwan

Brian J. Lin

Affiliation Ronald O. Perelman Department of Emergency Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, New York, United States of America

Wen-Bin Wu

wenbin@mail.fju.edu.tw

Affiliation School of Medicine, Fu-Jen Catholic University, New Taipei City, Taiwan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YJT WBW BJL. Performed the experiments: YJT WBW CLC. Analyzed the data: YJT SPH WBW BJL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YJT SPH WBW. Wrote the paper: YJT WBW.