About the Authors

Ying-Hung Lin

Affiliation Graduate Institute of Basic Medicine, Fu Jen Catholic University, College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan

Ya-Yun Wang

Affiliations Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, National Cheng Kung University, College of Medicine, Tainan, Taiwan, Institute of Molecular Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, College of Medicine, Tainan, Taiwan

Hau-Inh Chen

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, National Cheng Kung University, College of Medicine, Tainan, Taiwan

Yung-Che Kuo

Affiliation Graduate Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, National Cheng Kung University, College of Medicine, Tainan, Taiwan

Yu-Wei Chiou

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, College of Engineering, Tainan, Taiwan

Hsi-Hui Lin

Affiliation Department of Physiology, National Cheng Kung University, College of Medicine, Tainan, Taiwan

Ching-Ming Wu

Affiliation Department of Cell Biology & Anatomy, National Cheng Kung University, College of Medicine, Tainan, Taiwan

Chao-Chin Hsu

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan

Han-Sun Chiang

Affiliation Graduate Institute of Basic Medicine, Fu Jen Catholic University, College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan

Pao-Lin Kuo

paolink@mail.ncku.edu.tw

Affiliations Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, National Cheng Kung University, College of Medicine, Tainan, Taiwan, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, National Cheng Kung University, College of Medicine, Tainan, Taiwan, Graduate Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, National Cheng Kung University, College of Medicine, Tainan, Taiwan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YHL PLK. Performed the experiments: YHL YYW HIC YCK YWC HHL CMW. Analyzed the data: YHL YYW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HIC YCK YWC HHL CMW CCH. Wrote the paper: YHL HSC PLK.