About the Authors

Faith C. H. Li

Affiliations Institute of Pharmacology, National Yang Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China, Center for Translational Research in Biomedical Sciences, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Republic of China

Jiin-Cherng Yen

Affiliation Institute of Pharmacology, National Yang Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China

Samuel H. H. Chan

Affiliation Center for Translational Research in Biomedical Sciences, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Republic of China

Alice Y. W. Chang

cgmf.kmc@gmail.com

Affiliation Center for Translational Research in Biomedical Sciences, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Republic of China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: J-CY SHHC AYWC. Performed the experiments: FCHL. Analyzed the data: FCHL J-CY SHHC AYWC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: J-CY SHHC AYWC. Wrote the paper: FCHL SHHC AYWC.