About the Authors

Wei-Chiao Chang

Contributed equally to this work with: Wei-Chiao Chang, Chih-Hung Lee

wcc@kmu.edu.tw (W-C. Chang); thirota@src.riken.jp (TH)

Affiliations Department of Medical Genetics, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Cancer Center, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Center for Resources, Research, and Development, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Chih-Hung Lee

Contributed equally to this work with: Wei-Chiao Chang, Chih-Hung Lee

Affiliation Department of Dermatology, Graduate Institute of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Tomomitsu Hirota

wcc@kmu.edu.tw (W-C. Chang); thirota@src.riken.jp (TH)

Affiliation Laboratory for Respiratory Diseases, Center for Genomic Medicine, The Institute of Physical and Chemical Research (RIKEN), Kanagawa, Japan

Li-Fang Wang

Affiliation Department of Dermatology, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan

Satoru Doi

Affiliation Department of Pediatric Allergy, Osaka Prefectural Medical Center for Respiratory and Allergic Diseases, Osaka, Japan

Akihiko Miyatake

Affiliation Miyatake Asthma Clinic, Osaka, Japan

Tadao Enomoto

Affiliation NPO Japan Health Promotion Supporting Network, Wakayama, Japan

Kaori Tomita

Affiliation Division of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, University of Fukui, Fukui, Japan

Masafumi Sakashita

Affiliation Division of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, University of Fukui, Fukui, Japan

Takechiyo Yamada

Affiliation Division of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, University of Fukui, Fukui, Japan

Shigeharu Fujieda

Affiliation Division of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, University of Fukui, Fukui, Japan

Koji Ebe

Affiliation Takao Hospital, Kyoto, Japan

Hidehisa Saeki

Affiliation Department of Dermatology, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

Satoshi Takeuchi

Affiliation Department of Dermatology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan

Masutaka Furue

Affiliation Department of Dermatology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan

Wei-Chiao Chen

Affiliation Department of Medical Genetics, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Yi-Ching Chiu

Affiliation Department of Medical Genetics, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Wei Pin Chang

Affiliation Department of Healthcare Management, Yuanpei University, HsinChu, Taiwan

Chien-Hui Hong

Affiliation Department of Dermatology, Graduate Institute of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Edward Hsi

Affiliation Department of Medical Research, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Suh-Hang Hank Juo

Affiliations Department of Medical Genetics, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Department of Medical Research, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Hsin-Su Yu

Affiliation Department of Dermatology, Graduate Institute of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Yusuke Nakamura

Affiliation Laboratory of Molecular Medicine, The Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

Mayumi Tamari

Affiliation Laboratory for Respiratory Diseases, Center for Genomic Medicine, The Institute of Physical and Chemical Research (RIKEN), Kanagawa, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: W-C. Chang CHL TH LFW SD AM TE KT MS TY SF KE HS ST MF W-C. Chen SHHJ CHH HSY WPC YN MT. Performed the experiments: W-C. Chang TH W-C. Chen. Analyzed the data: W-C. Chang CHL TH YCC W-C. Chen EH WPC MT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: W-C. Chang MT CHL TH SD AM TE KT MS TY SF KE HS ST MF SHHJ CHH HSY YN. Wrote the paper: W-C. Chang CHL TH YCC W-C. Chen MT.