About the Authors

Po-Kuan Chao

Contributed equally to this work with: Po-Kuan Chao, Kwok-Tung Lu

Affiliation Department of Life Science, National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, Taiwan

Kwok-Tung Lu

Contributed equally to this work with: Po-Kuan Chao, Kwok-Tung Lu

Affiliation Department of Life Science, National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, Taiwan

Yun-Lin Lee

Affiliation Division of Neuromuscular Disorders, Department of Neurology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and University, Chang-Gung University, Tao-Yuan, Taiwan

Jin-Chung Chen

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, Chang-Gung University, Tao-Yuan, Taiwan

Hung-Li Wang

Affiliation Department of Physiology, Chang-Gung University, Tao-Yuan, Taiwan

Yi-Ling Yang

Affiliation Institute of Biotechnology, National Chia-Yi University, Chia-Yi, Taiwan

Mei-Yun Cheng

Affiliation Division of Neuromuscular Disorders, Department of Neurology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and University, Chang-Gung University, Tao-Yuan, Taiwan

Ming-Feng Liao

Affiliation Division of Neuromuscular Disorders, Department of Neurology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and University, Chang-Gung University, Tao-Yuan, Taiwan

Long-Sun Ro

cgrols@adm.cgmh.org.tw

Affiliation Division of Neuromuscular Disorders, Department of Neurology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and University, Chang-Gung University, Tao-Yuan, Taiwan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PKC LSR. Analyzed the data: PKC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LSR KTL YLY. Wrote the paper: PKC LSR KTL YLL. Protocols of drug treatments: PKC LSR KTL. Surgical procedures: PKC LSR. Behavioral tests for thermal hyperalgesia and mechanical allodynia: PKC KTL LSR. Blood cell counting and flow cytometry: PKC LSR. RNA extraction and reverse transcription PCR (RT-PCR): PKC LSR. Quantitative RT-PCR: PKC LSR. Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) and western blotting assay: PKC YLL. Immunohistochemistry: PKC YLL MFL. Performed the experiments: Protocols of drug treatments: PKC KTL. Surgical procedures: PKC YLL. Behavioral tests for thermal hyperalgesia and mechanical allodynia: PKC KTL. Blood cell counting and flow cytometry: PKC. RNA extraction and reverse transcription PCR (RT-PCR): PKC. Quantitative RT-PCR: PKC. Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) and western blotting assay: PKC YLL. Immunohistochemistry: PKC YLL. Contributed materials: KTL LSR. Contributed analysis tools: LSR JCC HLW.