About the Authors

Yi-Jie Kuo

Affiliations Department of Orthopaedic, Taipei Medical University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China, Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Yang Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China

Fon-Yih Tsuang

Affiliation Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China

Jui-Sheng Sun

Affiliations Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, National Taiwan University Hospital-Hsin Chu, Hsin-Chu, Taiwan, Republic of China, Graduate Institute of Clinical Medicine, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China

Chi-Hung Lin

Affiliation Institute of Microbiology and Immunology, National Yang Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China

Chia-Hsien Chen

Affiliation Institute of Microbiology and Immunology, National Yang Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China

Jia-Ying Li

Affiliation Department of Biology and Anatomy, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China

Yi-Chian Huang

Affiliation Institute of Anatomy and Cell Biology National Yang Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China

Wei-Yu Chen

Affiliation Department of Biology and Anatomy, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China

Chin-Bin Yeh

Affiliation Department of Psychiatry, Tri-Service General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China

Jia-Fwu Shyu

jiafwu.shyu@msa.hinet.net

Affiliations Department of Biology and Anatomy, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China, Department of Psychiatry, Tri-Service General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: J-FS Y-JK J-SS C-HL. Performed the experiments: J-FS Y-JK F-YT C-HC J-YL Y-CH W-YC C-BY. Analyzed the data: J-FS Y-JK C-HL C-HC J-YL Y-CH W-YC C-BY. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: J-FS Y-JK F-YT J-SS C-HL. Wrote the paper: J-FS Y-JK.