About the Authors

Yu-Jia Chang

Affiliations Graduate Institute of Clinical Medicine College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan, Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan, Department of Surgery, Taipei Medical University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Cancer Research Center, Taipei Medical University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

Yi-Ping Huang

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Biopharmaceuticals, College of Life Sciences, National Chiayi University, Chiayi City, Taiwan

Zih-Ling Li

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Biopharmaceuticals, College of Life Sciences, National Chiayi University, Chiayi City, Taiwan

Ching-Hsein Chen

chench@mail.ncyu.edu.tw

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Biopharmaceuticals, College of Life Sciences, National Chiayi University, Chiayi City, Taiwan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: C-HC. Performed the experiments: Y-JC Y-PH Z-LL C-HC. Analyzed the data: C-HC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: Y-JC C-HC. Wrote the paper: C-HC.