About the Authors

Chia-Hung Kao

Affiliation Department of Nuclear Medicine, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan

Chien-Yun Hsiang

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan

Tin-Yun Ho

tyh@mail.cmu.edu.tw

Affiliation Graduate Institute of Chinese Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CHK TYH. Performed the experiments: CYH. Analyzed the data: CYH TYH. Wrote the paper: CHK CYH TYH.