About the Authors

Tsung-Teng Huang

Affiliation Department of Life Sciences, National Central University, Taoyuan, Taiwan, Republic of China

Fu-Guo Liu

liur@cc.ncu.edu.tw (F-GL); dojcius@ucmerced.edu (DMO); hclai@mail.cgu.edu.tw (H-CL)

Affiliation Department of Life Sciences, National Central University, Taoyuan, Taiwan, Republic of China

Chia-Fong Wei

Affiliation Department of Medical Biotechnology and Laboratory Sciences, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan, Republic of China

Chia-Chen Lu

Affiliation Department of Respiratory Therapy, Fu Jen Catholic University, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China

Chang-Chieh Chen

Affiliation Department of Medical Biotechnology and Laboratory Sciences, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan, Republic of China

Hung-Chi Lin

Affiliation Department of Medical Biotechnology and Laboratory Sciences, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan, Republic of China

David M. Ojcius

liur@cc.ncu.edu.tw (F-GL); dojcius@ucmerced.edu (DMO); hclai@mail.cgu.edu.tw (H-CL)

Affiliations Health Sciences Research Institute and School of Natural Sciences, University of California Merced, Merced, California, United States of America, Center for Molecular and Clinical Immunology, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan, Republic of China

Hsin-Chih Lai

liur@cc.ncu.edu.tw (F-GL); dojcius@ucmerced.edu (DMO); hclai@mail.cgu.edu.tw (H-CL)

Affiliations Department of Medical Biotechnology and Laboratory Sciences, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan, Republic of China, Center for Molecular and Clinical Immunology, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan, Republic of China

Competing Interests

David Ojcius is a member of the PLoS ONE editorial board. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TTH FGL DMO HCL. Performed the experiments: TTH FGL. Analyzed the data: TTH FGL CFW CCL CCC HCL DMO HCL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TTH FGL CFW CCL CCC HCL. Wrote the paper: TTH DMO HCL. Obtained permission for use of cell line: HCL.