About the Authors

Shu-Fen Liao

Affiliation Research Center for Genes, Environment and Human Health, and Institute of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, College of Public Health, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan

Hwai-I Yang

Affiliation Molecular and Genomic Epidemiology Center, China Medical University Hospital and Graduate Institute of Clinical Medical Science, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan

Mei-Hsuan Lee

Affiliation Genomics Research Center, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan

Chien-Jen Chen

Affiliation Genomics Research Center, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan

Wen-Chung Lee

wenchung@ntu.edu.tw

Affiliation Research Center for Genes, Environment and Human Health, and Institute of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, College of Public Health, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CJC WCL. Performed the experiments: HIY MHL. Analyzed the data: SFL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SFL HIY MHL CJC WCL. Wrote the paper: SFL.