About the Authors

Mao-Meng Tiao

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Chia-Wei Liou

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Li-Tung Huang

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Pei-Wen Wang

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Tsu-Kung Lin

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Jin-Bor Chen

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Yao-Min Chou

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Ying-Hsien Huang

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Hung-Yu Lin

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, National Sun Yat-Sen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Chao-Long Chen

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Jiin-Haur Chuang

jhchuang@adm.cgmh.org.tw, pc006581@yahoo.com.tw

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JHC MMT. Performed the experiments: JBC YHH HYL YMC. Analyzed the data: CWL LTH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CWL. Wrote the paper: JHC MMT. Discussed the data, reviewed and edited the manuscript: TKL CLC PWW. Established the method to identify haplogroups B4 and E as related groups and create cybrid cell lines for further molecular study: CWL.