About the Authors

Lee H. Chen

Contributed equally to this work with: Lee H. Chen, Wen-Hung Kuo

Affiliation Bioinformatics and Biostatistics Core, Center of Genomic Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan

Wen-Hung Kuo

Contributed equally to this work with: Lee H. Chen, Wen-Hung Kuo

Affiliation Department of Surgery, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

Mong-Hsun Tsai

Affiliations Bioinformatics and Biostatistics Core, Center of Genomic Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, Institute of Biotechnology, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan

Pei-Chun Chen

Affiliation Department of Statistics and Bioinformatics Science, Providence University, Taichung, Taiwan

Chuhsing K. Hsiao

Affiliations Bioinformatics and Biostatistics Core, Center of Genomic Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, Department of Public Health, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan

Eric Y. Chuang

Affiliations Bioinformatics and Biostatistics Core, Center of Genomic Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, Graduate Institute of Biomedical Electronics and Bioinformatics, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan

Li-Yun Chang

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

Fon-Jou Hsieh

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

Liang-Chuan Lai

llai@ntu.edu.tw (L-CL); kingjen@ntu.edu.tw (K-JC)

Affiliations Bioinformatics and Biostatistics Core, Center of Genomic Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, Graduate Institute of Physiology, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan

King-Jen Chang

llai@ntu.edu.tw (L-CL); kingjen@ntu.edu.tw (K-JC)

Affiliations Department of Surgery, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Department of Surgery, Cheng Ching General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: W-HK LHC L-CL CKH M-HT P-CC K-JC EYC. Performed the experiments: W-HK K-JC F-JH L-YC. Analyzed the data: LHC P-CC CKH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: K-JC W-HK F-JH L-YC. Wrote the paper: LHC L-CL CKH.