About the Authors

Yun-Liang Yang

Affiliations Department of Biological Science and Technology, National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan, Institute of Molecular Medicine and Bioengineering, National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan

Chih-Chao Lin

Affiliation National Institute of Infectious Diseases and Vaccinology, National Health Research Institutes, Miaoli, Taiwan

Te-Pin Chang

Affiliation National Institute of Infectious Diseases and Vaccinology, National Health Research Institutes, Miaoli, Taiwan

Tsai-Ling Lauderdale

Affiliation National Institute of Infectious Diseases and Vaccinology, National Health Research Institutes, Miaoli, Taiwan

Hui-Ting Chen

Affiliations Institute of Molecular Medicine and Bioengineering, National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan, National Institute of Infectious Diseases and Vaccinology, National Health Research Institutes, Miaoli, Taiwan

Ching-Fu Lee

Affiliation Department of Applied Science, National Hsinchu University of Education, Hsinchu, Taiwan

Chih-Wen Hsieh

Affiliation Department of Applied Science, National Hsinchu University of Education, Hsinchu, Taiwan

Pei-Chen Chen

Affiliation National Institute of Infectious Diseases and Vaccinology, National Health Research Institutes, Miaoli, Taiwan

Hsiu-Jung Lo

hjlo@nhri.org.tw

Affiliations National Institute of Infectious Diseases and Vaccinology, National Health Research Institutes, Miaoli, Taiwan, School of Dentistry, China of Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YLY HJL. Performed the experiments: CCL TPC HTC CWH PCC. Analyzed the data: CCL TPC YLY TLL CFL HJL. Wrote the paper: YLY TLL HJL.